HIST 1059 Lecture : Discussion 12 Essay.docx
22 Jan 2014
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Mill argues that india has no history because of the unreliable and inconsistent information written in the historical records about india. The information about the history of the indians was not factual, but rather from men who had seen the people. These secondary sources had opinions that were distorted due to the spectacle of a new system of manners, arts, institutions, and ideas that the indians contained. As a result, historians investigated their past through other civilizations such as the brahmans. Their investigation states that what is considered a fact in indian history is carried to the wildest pitch of extravagance and is utterly inconsistent with themselves and other established opinions. Many false facts are presented regarding the life of a human and the amount of time a prince reigned. As ridiculous as this sounds, these false facts were abundantly evident in a lot of their historical records.
