1. Themes in Modern Indian History
An introduction to Historical Approaches

2. Early Historical Practices
High Textual Cultural Traditions: Legends, Puranas, Epics
Lineages of Monarchs: Vamsabalis
Court Chronicles and Hagiographies
Muslim Court Chronicles
Renderings of Divines Tales
Caste Records and Family Narratives

3. British Historical Construction of India
British History Writing of India
India Imagined as modular well defined Territories with natural frontier and clearly defined history
British Imperial Civilizing Mission and the Idea of India
Periodization of Indian History

4. Indian Nationalist Historians and Redefining of Indian History
Classical Antiquity
Medieval Darkness/ Imperial Glory
Colonial Modernity as Problematic Liberator
Quest for Nationhood
Resistance and Collaboration
Elite Historiography

5. Marxist-Nationalist Historiography of India
New Meaning of Nationhood
Materialist Interpretation of Indian History
Economic Foundation of Colonialism
Social Background of Nationalist Movements in India
Role of Workers and Peasant Movements in Indian History

6. Cambridge School of History
Ideology or Self Interests
Elite Competition
Patron Client Relationship and Politics of Locality Province and Nation
Factional Disputes
Role of Interest Groups

7. New Social History Continuity and Change Role of Information
Patterns of Class formations and Industrialization
New Historical Perspectives

8. Subaltern History Rebellion against Elitist Bias History from below
Understanding of Subaltern Mentality and Peasants as Historical Actors
Questioning Pre-political
Notion of Hegemony and Domination
Europe as the site of production of Historical Knowledge