Question

what is the problem with the periodisation of India history that James mill offers?

Answer 1

james mill a Scottish economist philosopher and much more wrote the "THE HISTORY OF BRITISH" .......which shows about the study of india......attack the history, character, religion, literature, arts, and laws of India, also making claims about the influence of the Indian climate.[3] He also aimed to locate the attacks on India within a wider theoretical framework.[4].....BUT his periodisation was full of drawbacks ....in his periodisation he divided the history of india in three parts:
BRITISH#
MUSLIMS#
HINDU#
He said that when india was suffering frm caste taboos, etc. It was the british who helped them come up wit the dense situation...The book stated that it was only the british who helped india in their dense situation ....
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Answer 2

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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