Ancient Indian Historiography

by G.P.Singh

In ancoent India, learning and literature flourished at different levels and concerned almost all broad disciplines of knoledge.One such stream was historigraphy as we find a rich tradition of history-writing maintained over the centuries.This book examines the evolution of the tradition of historiography from the Vedic times to the 21th century AD, arguing against an oft-held belief that ancient Indians lacked a sense of chronology and historythe volume will offer fresh approaches to studying ancient Indian historiography and new basa of research on the subject for historians and scholars.About The AuthorDr.G.P.Singh has written a number of papers on ancient Indian history.His works include The Kiratas in Ancient India:A Historical Study of their Life, culture and Civilisation;Political Thought in Ancient India.He was elected Fellow of the Royal Asiantic Society of Great Britian and Ireland, London, in 1989.At Present, Dr.Singh is professor of History at the University of Manipur.