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What was reinterpretation of indian history used as a symbol of nationalism?

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How was reinterpretation of Indian history used as a symbol of a nationalism?

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1. By the 19

th

century many Indians began feeling that to instill a sense of pride in the

nation, Indian history should be reinterpreted.

2. The british saw India as backward and primitive incapable of governing themselves.

3. In response, Indians began looking into the past to disvocer India’s great

achievements.

4. Indians started writing about the glorious developments in ancient times, how art and

architecture, science and mathematics, religion and culture, law and philosophy,

crafts and trade flourished.

5. This glorious time was followed by a history of decline, when India was colonized

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s great achievements. They wrote about the glorious developments in ancient times when art and architecture, science and mathematics, religion and culture had flourished. These nationalist history urged the readers to take pride in India's great achievements in the past