Discussion
Below are two statements (A) and (B) in the context of contemporary debates on ‘dates and periods’ of Indian history.
Statement (A) : A Periodisation like ‘Hindu - Muslim - British’ is appropriate as the religion of the rulers has been the only important historical change.
Statement (B) : It is problematic to assign precise dates and time spans to ‘historical processes’ that happened over a period of time.
Answer: D
The answer is (A) is wrong, but (B) is right.
Statement (A) repeats the colonial periodisation that James Mill made popular, dividing Indian history into Hindu, Muslim and British periods. NCERT explains why historians reject it: it assumes the religion of rulers was the only important change, and it ignores the rich diversity of economy, society and culture within each period.
Statement (B) is accepted: processes such as the spread of agriculture, the growth of a language or the formation of new social groups happened gradually, so precise dates and time spans are hard to assign to them. Since (A) is wrong, the options treating it as correct are wrong.
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