Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c3.68
Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c3.68
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All histories are elaborate efforts at myth-making. Therefore, when we submit to histories about us written by others, we submit to their myths about us as well. Myth-making, like naming, is a token of having power. Submitting to others’ myths about us is a sign that we are without power. After the historical work of Dharampal, the scope for myth-making about the past of Indian society is now considerably reduced.