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Thread: Sources of Indian History--revisited

  1. #41
    In the poetic literature history and legends are mingled, yet they are considered

    by scholars far better than the Puranic literature of the north.


    Of the Parani type, Kalingathuparani stands aloof as a better historical account.



    All these quasi-historical Tamil records and Harshacharita of Bana Bhata in Sanskrit mark

    a transition between the mythic age of the Puranas and the historical age of Kalhana's Rajatarngini,

    which of course comes nearer to scientific history in spite of its shortcomings.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  2. #42
    Kalhan's Rajatarangini, written in verse in 1149-50 is a history of Kashmir, which is regarded as an historical text in the true sense of the word. The author took pains to collect the material from then existing chronicles and other sources.

    The author has narrated the career of each king of Kashmir in detail and as he gradually comes nearer his own age the history becomes more replete with interesting accounts of men and things. So it becomes more than mere chronicle of dry details but succeeds ''to present ebb and flow of national life, the periods of glory and misery, and the greatness and weakness of men and rulers''.

    But his account of the period before the seventh Century AD cannot be regarded as trustworthy and it becomes more and more unreliable as we go back to more ancient periods because he could not make up for the lack of authentic material.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  3. #43
    A good critique is available to understand the ancient Indo-Aryan Races.

    It is "The Indo Aryan Races" by Ramaprasad Chanda, published by Varendra

    Research Society, Rajashahi in 1916 and reprinted by Indological Book Corporation,

    New Delhi in 1976
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  4. #44
    M.Winternitz, A History of Indian Literature, Vols I and II.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  5. #45
    A. Weber, The History of Indian Literature.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  6. #46
    N.J. Shende, The Religion and Philosophy of the Atharva-veda.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  7. #47
    C.V. Vaidya, Mahabharata, [A Criticism), Bombay, 1904.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  8. #48
    Padamakar Vishnu Vartak, The Scientific Dating of the Mahabharata War [Unpublished], Ved Vidnyana Mandal, Poona, 1989.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  9. #49
    Romila Thapar, Ancient Indian Social History, Delhi, 1990
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  10. #50
    Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Arctic Home in the Vedas, Bombay, 1903
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  11. #51
    Professor Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts, Vols. I and II.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  12. #52
    H H Risley, The people of India, 1908; Edited by W. Crooke, and printed in 1915, Calcutta.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  13. #53
    H A Rose, A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, Lahore, 1911-19.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  14. #54
    M.K. Kudaryavtsev, Role of the Jats in the Ethnic History of Northern India, Nauka Publishing House, Moscow, 1964.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  15. #55
    Bongard Levin and Kotovsky, A History of India, Book I, Moscow, 1979.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  16. #56
    T.J. Kedar, Vedasthan (or the Ancient Home of the Indo Aryans), Subodh Sindhu Press, Nagpur (M P) n.d.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  17. #57
    Marx and Engels, The First Indian War of Independence, 1857-59, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1978.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  18. #58
    D.N. Majumdar, Races and Culture of India, New Delhi, 1961
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  19. #59
    J.F. Hewitt, Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times, Delhi, 1972
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

  20. #60
    A.H. Keane, Asia, edited by Sir Richard Temple.
    History is best when created, better when re-constructed and worst when invented.

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