The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c11.26

c11.26

In the Historic period, our problem is somewhat difficult. Usually the historians have got over this difficulty by designating a period by the most important and epoch-making king or dynasty. But, let it be admitted, that this is very unsatisfactory because of the diverse regional political histories. The extension of these terms for archaeology and their projection on the basis of typology, technique and style has greater dangers since it ignores chronology and local sequence. Yet, for convenience we may retain them to keep it in tune with the normal designation followed by the Indian historians. A more safer method seems to qualify these dynastic labels with the names of the area under consideration. Here further thought is necessary and the writer will be grateful, if a better system can be devised.