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050	0	0	_aDS435 _b.H54 2008
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245	0	0	_aHistory in the vernacular / _cedited by Raziuddin Aquil & Partha Chatterjee.
250			_a1st Ed.
260			_aRanikhet : _bPermanent Black ; _aBangalore : _bDistributed by Orient Longman, _c2008.
300			_axiv, 498 p. ; _c22 cm.
501			_aHistorians of India have lately been looking at the place of history in the country, both as an academic discipline and as a mode of public representation of the past. This book explores the status of regional and vernacular histories in relation to academic histories by professional historians. Was there history writing in India before the British colonial intervention? The stock answer to this question is ‘no’. Other than the Rajatarangini of Kalhana, no ancient text adequately resembles a historical narrative. The itihasa-purana tradition is largely indistinguishable from mythology. The vamsavali and caritra traditions do not really distinguish between the legendary and the historical. Yet these genres of narrating the past did percolate into India’s regional languages, being later complemented by the Persian court chronicles of Islamic rulers, with the latter showing writing practices much closer to European conventions of history writing. Looking closely at vernacular contexts and traditions of historical production, the essays in this book question the assumption that there was no history writing in India before colonialism. They suggest that careful and appropriate techniques of reading reveal distinctly indigenous historical narratives. Such narratives may be embedded within non-historical literary genres, such as poems, ballads, and works within the larger itihasa-purana tradition, but they are marked by discursive signs that allow them to be recognized as historical. Vernacular history traditions in Assam, Bengal, the North-East, Kerala, the Andhra-Tamil region, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh are examined here with fresh archival material and new insights, making this a valuable book for historians, sociologists, and South Asianists.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aWith reference to India; contributed articles.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _xHistoriography.
700	1		_aAquil, Raziuddin.
700	1		_aChatterjee, Partha, _d1947-
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