GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which part historians have divided Indian history?
A
Medieval, Modern, Colonial
B
Ancient, Medieval, Colonial
C
Ancient, Medieval, Modern
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Moving away from British classification, historians have usually divided Indian history into ‘ancient’, ‘medieval’ and ‘modern’. This division too has its problems.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historians divided Indian History into ancient, medieval and modern. But this classification has its own problems. This periodisation is borrowed from the West where modern period is associated with the growth and development sciences, rationalism, humanism, logic, freedom and equality.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indian history is divided into three different parts-Ancient Indian history, Medieval Indian history and Modern Indian history.

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