Question

Why do you find James mills periodisation unacceptable


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Answer 1

James Mill wrote the first history of India that covered all the periods. It was divided into:

Ancient period (Hindu Period)

Medieval Period ( Muslim Period )

Modern Period (Christian Period ), but the problem was , it was unacceptable by the Indian historians due to the lack of prooves and evidences. Later Indian historians choose to divide India's history into the ancient, medieval and modern period on the basis of important political, economical, social and cultural changes.

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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