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more and more interested in the interaction of ideas and institutions and moving towards a position where history is regarded as a social science. Those who started with Marx have caught up with Marc Bloch and others of the same genre. Some of the revised programmes of postgraduate study in the new research centres like Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and some of the papers presented at the Indian History Congress or published in journals like the Indian Historical Review would indicate that it has been an enriching and rewarding experience.
The problems of historical writing with special reference to ancient India have been discussed in a number of books and papers by Indian scholars in the last two decades. A selective list in chronological order is presented here. K. A N Sastri and Ramanna, Historical Method in Relation to Indian History, Madras 1956, D D Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History, Bombay 1956. U N Ghoshal, Studies in Indian History and Culture, Bombay 1957, Chap. VI, VII, VIII. G H Philips (Ed.), Historians of India, Pakistan and Ceylon, Oxford 1961. R Thapar and others. Seminar 39-Past and Present, New Delhi 1962. A K Narain and others. Problems of Historical Writing in India, Benares 19G6. R S Sharma, Light on Early Indian Society and Economy, Bombay 1966. R Thapar, "Interpretation of Ancient Indian Society", History and Theory, Vol VII, 1968.
R C Majumdar, Historiography in Modern India, Bombay 1970. S C Malik (Ed.),Indian Civilization: the First Phase, Problems of a Source Book, Simla 1971. M G S Narayanan, "Perspectives in Indian History*' NCERT Seminar on Textbooks of Indian History, New Delhi 1971.
S P Sen (Ed.), Historians and Historiography in Moderr. India, Calcutta 1973. J P De Souza (Ed.), Historiography in Indian Languages, New Delhi 1973. R Thapar, The Past and Prejudice, New Delhi 1973. N Subrahmanian, Historiography, Madurai 1974. R S Sharma and D NJha, "The Economic History of India up to AD 1200: Trends and Prospects-", Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol XVII Parti, 1974.
