Question

what is the problem with james mill periodisation of indian history

Answer 1

Answer :

James mill divided Indian history into Hinduism and Muslim and British periods.

This periodisation is based on the religious line that there was a face for which the Hindu were the rulers and other work ruled.

Then came the face of the Muslims and Britishers i.e. Christians. He had a colonial mind and thought asians to have poorly civilized. He felt Europeans to be superior.

So , infact, through this periodisation he tried to divide the people with their own specific identity which was not a correct.

During the Muslim and British they were were thousands of Hindu and Muslim princely states.

So , this is not a proper periodisation of Indian history.

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Answer 2

Answer:

James Mill's periodization of Indian history has a flaw in that he separated it into three periods: Hindu, Muslim, and British. Numerous historians have claimed that it is incorrect to periodize Indian history according to the religion of the kings.

Explanation:

• According to James Mill, the British had to conquer the entirety of India in order to provide happiness and enlightenment to the Indian people.
• James Mill believed that the British could civilise India by bringing European manners, institutions, and laws.

James Mill believed that before the British arrived in India, Muslim and Hindu despots were in charge of the country, and that superstitions, caste taboos, and religious intolerance controlled Indian culture.

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