Syllabus

Course Code: 16/20AIH301    Course Name: Historiography

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 1. Meaning, Nature and Scope of History.

2. Relation of History with other disciplines: Archaeology, Geography, Anthropology and Sociology.
2 3. Traditions of Historical Writings: Greco-Roman Tradition, Chinese Tradition and Ancient Indian Tradition.

4. Main Trends of Medieval Historiography — Western, Arabic, Persian and Indian.
3 5. Modern Writings on Ancient Indian History with special reference to R.C. Majumdar, K.P. Jayaswal and D.R. Bhandarkar.

6. Approach to Indian History: D.D. Kosambi, R.G. Bhandarkar, H.C. Ray Chaudhury.
4 7. Main Trends in Modern Historiography with reference to Ranke, Marx, Toynbee and E.H. Carr.

8. Approaches to History: Theological, Orientalist, Imperialist, Nationalist and Marxist.

9. Regional History writing.
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