ISBN10: 9380607172, ISBN13: 9789380607177, [publisher: Primus Books] Softcover History as a social science is arguably more self-reflective than associated disciplines in that family Other social scientists seem to see little reason to look beyond the paradigm they are developing in the present times Historians on the other hand tend to depend on the cumulative process of the development of their craft and the fund of accumulated knowledge Yet while this is acknowledged in the practice of research Historiography in itself as a subject of study has rarely found its place in the syllabi of Indian universities Knowledge of Historiography is taken for granted when a scholar plunges into research In an attempt to address this lacuna the Indian Council of Historical Research ICHR has planned a series of volumes on Historiography comprising articles by subject specialists commissioned by the ICHR The first volume in the series Approaches to History Essays in Indian Historiography brings to the readers the first fruits of that endeavour While the essays encompass areas of research presently at the frontiers of the new research scholars will also find the bibliographies accompanying the essays of significant appeal
[New Delhi, India] [Publication Year: 2011]

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