Syllabus
Course Code: 16/20AIH301 Course Name: Historiography |
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MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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1 | 1. Meaning, Nature and Scope of History. 2. Relation of History with other disciplines: Archaeology, Geography, Anthropology and Sociology. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |