MHI-103 IGNOU Solved Assignments 2024-25 English Medium

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MHI-103: Historiography And Research Method

Course Code: MHI-103

Assignment Code: MHI-103/AST/ TMA/2024-25

Note: Attempt any five questions. The assignment is divided into two Sections ‘A’ and ‘B’. Youhave to attempt at least two questions from each section in about 500 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

Section-A

1.Write a note on the historiographical traditions in early India.

2.Write a note on the colonial historiography on Indian history.

3.What is postmodernism? Discuss the postmodernist views on history.

4.Discuss the distinctive features of traditional Chinese historiography.

5.Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each:

i)Annales School

ii)Historians and Causation

iii)D.D. Kosambi and Indian Historiography

iv)Microhistory

Section-B

6.Write a note on the Subaltern Studies in India.

7.Discuss the various types of historical sources which are important for history-writing.

8.Describe the importat aspects of the mainstream Western historiography during the nineteenth century.

9.Describe the important features of Indo-Persian tradition of history-writing during the Mughal period.

10.Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each:    10+10

i)Environmental History

ii)Colonial perception of caste

iii)Feminist Historiography in India

iv)Ethics in History-writing