DDS Subject File No. 58

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Name of the Collection	Devahuti and Damodar Singhal collection
Folder/Categories	Subject Files-1846-1984
Sub-folder/Sub-category	Indian Historiography, Undated
File No. /Acc. No.	58
Abstract	Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials and essays on the writing of Indian history. They include: 1. ‘The Understanding of Indian History’ by K. M. Panikkar, The Indo-Asian Culture, July 1956. 2. ‘A New Interpretation of Indian History’ by A. L. Basham, reprinted from the Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 1958 – a review of Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi’s book, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History. 3. ‘Indian Textbook’ published in the Economist, June 1962. 4. ‘Hardest Task for Historian’, The Times, 13 July 1962 5. ‘Imagery in Indian History — a recent example’ by Damodar P. Singhal, originally published in Quest 1964 – review of Percival’s Speare’s book, India—A Modern History. 6. Chapter 3, ‘Types of Material’, Chapter 4 ‘Sources of Information and Part II, ‘Historical Research and the Preservation of the Past’ in Vivian Hunter Galbraith’s book, An Introduction to the Study of History (1964). 7. ‘Writing Asian History’ by Damodar P. Singhal, undated. 8. ‘Re-writing Indian History’ by Damodar P. Singhal, undated. 9. Typed notes and two handwritten copies by Damodar P. Singhal on ‘Problems of Writing and Teaching Indian History’, undated. 10. Damodar P. Singhal’s typed essay entitled ‘Presentation in Historical Research’, undated. 11. Damodar P. Singhal’s review of British Attitudes Towards India (1784-1858) by George D. Bearce, undated.
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Keywords	Writing History; Indian History; Panikkar; A. L. Basham; DD Kosambi; The Economist; The Times; Galbraith; Asian History;
Start Date “Period From”	Undated
End Date “Period To”	Undated
Extent	126 pp.
Item type/Format	Typed & Photocopy
Language	English
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Donor	Veena Sachdev (Devahuti Damodar Svaraj Trust)
Donation Date	March 2018
Custodian	Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat (India)
Right/Copyright	Donor