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MHI-03 HISTORIOGRAPHY
Course Code: MHI-03
Assignment Code: MHI-03/AST/TMA/2023-2024
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. 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 Annales School of historiography. 20
4. Describe the important features of Indo-Persian tradition of history-writing during the Mughal
period. 20
5. Give an analytical account of the various traditions of historiography which constitute the
Positivist tradition. 20
SECTION-B
6. What is postmodernism? 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 the two phases the Subaltern Studies in
India. 20
9. Write a note on the conflicting views on Indian Renaissance. 20
10. Write short notes in about 250 words each on any two of the following: 10+10
a) Kalhana and the Rajtarangini
b) Early Indian Historiography
c) Feminist Historiography in India
d) The Cambridge School
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