An Introduction to Historiography: World Perspective for Students & Scholars

The beginnings of systematic historiography were made in the first decade of the nineteenth century when surveys were carried out in South India and subsequently in Assam, Bengal and Bihar. The reports of the survey were presented in the second decade of the century and form the basis of most contemporary researches in India. The significance of methods and methodology in historiography have been stressed in the concepts and theories of several well-known scholars in the field.