The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c16.s1.4

c16.s1.4

Tradition has been defined by Daniel as the historical accounts mixed with fictitious accounts based on hear-say. Our puranic accounts can be compared to the accounts of Berosus about Mesopotamia, or to some extent of the Bible. Just as a judicious interpretation of these Western Asian accounts, in the light of archaeological and historical researches have yielded important results, hope can still be entertained about rescuing our history from tradition. European folk-lore has enabled Grahame Clark to interpret European Prehistory; and a cautious and patient approach to this problem is called for. But let us assess the limitations of our literary sources, so that no false hopes can be aroused.