Publication announcement

[Guest guest]

"vishalsagarwal" <vishalsagarwal> wrote:

 

 

Historiography wars has been a hot topic in Indian newsmedia in

recent years.

 

I am pleased to announce the publication of the following article:

 

Vishal Agarwal, "Misrepresentation and Stereotyping of Hindu Dharma

in History Textbooks in India", pp. 61-76 in - History Today, volume

5, 2004-2005.

 

A preliminary version of this article with a few minor typos,

slightly shorter text and some formatting errors (easily caught by

the discerning reader) may be accessed online at

 

http://vishalagarwal.voiceofdharma.com/articles/indhistory/misrep.htm

 

The contents of volumes 1-4 of this Journal on History and

Historical

Archaeology published by the Indian History and Culture Society (New

Delhi) may be seen listed online at

 

http://www.indarchaeology.org/puratattva/ht1.htm

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In this volume 5, there are several other interesting papers, a few

of them listed below (since they are not listed yet online):

 

Meenakshi Jain, "Power Equations in the `18th and 19th Century

India,

the Empirical backdrop to Nationalism"

 

Sandhya Jain, "Race and Tribe, a Raj Creation"

 

T P Verma, "The Early Muslim Historians on India, on Mahmud of

Ghazni.."

 

Yuvraj Krishan, "Partition of India, an Anglo-Muslim League

Conspiracy"

 

Shiva Shakti, "Christian Missionaries and their Quest for Legitmacy

among the Tribals of Chhotanagpur in the first half of the 20th

cent."

 

P K Trivedi, "Excavations at Barabati Fort, Cuttack (2003-2004)"

 

D P Tiwari, "Excavations at Ahiruwa Rajarampur, District Kannauj"

 

R P Sharma, "The Ancient and Medieval Bridges of India"

 

Vikas Pathak, "Distortions in the Official Discourse of History - A

critical analysis of Bipan Chandra's Construction of the Indian Past"

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Sincerely,

 

Vishal Agarwal

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