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 ~IHI--03 HISTORIOGRAPHY
Course Code: MHI-03
Assignment Code: ~IHI--03/ASTffMAf2023-2024
Total Marks: 100

Note: Attempt any fi ve questions. The assignment is divided into h,10 Sections 'A' and 'B'.
You have to attempt at least two questions from each section in about 500 words each.
AU questions carry equal marks.

SECTION-A
I. What is causation'? Discuss the manner in which historians use causation to explain any historical
phenomenon. 20

2. Discuss the distinctive features of traditional Chinese historiography. 20

3. Write a note on the Anna/es School of historiography. 20

4. Describe the important features of lndo-Persian tradition of history-writing during the Mughal
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5. Give an analytical account of the various ttraditions of historiography which constitute the
Positivist tradition. 20

SECTION-B

6. What is postmodemism? Discuss the postmodernist views on history. 20

7. Write a note on the colonial historiography on Indian history. 20

8. What do you understand by the term 'subaltern'? Discuss tbe two phases the S11balten1 Swdies in
India. 20

9. Write a note on the conflicting views on Indian Renaissance. 20

I0. Write short notes in about 250 words each on any two of the fo!Jowing: 10+ 10

a) Kalha11a and the Rajtar011gi11i

b) Early Indian Historiography
c) Feminist Historiography in India
d) The Cambridge School
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