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Total Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any five questions. The assignment is divided into two Sections ‘A’ and ‘B’. You
have to attempt at least two questions from each section in about 500 words each. All questions
carry equal marks.
Section-A
1. Write a note on the historiographical traditions in early India. 20
2. Write a note on the colonial historiography on Indian history. 20
3. What is postmodernism? Discuss the postmodernist views on history. 20
4. Discuss the distinctive features of traditional Chinese historiography. 20
5. Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each: 10+10
i) Annales School
ii) Historians and Causation
iii) D.D. Kosambi and Indian Historiography
iv) Microhistory
Section-B
6. Write a note on the Subaltern Studies in India. 20
7. Discuss the various types of historical sources which are important for history-writing. 20
8. Describe the importat aspects of the mainstream Western historiography during
the nineteenth century. 20
9. Describe the important features of Indo-Persian tradition of history-writing during the
Mughal period. 20
10. Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each: 10+10
i) Environmental History
ii) Colonial perception of caste
iii) Feminist Historiography in India
iv) Ethics in History-writing
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