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Maharashtra Board Class 10 History and Political Science — Chapter Summaries

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Historiography : Development in the West

Notice how history writing changed from simple storytelling to critical study of evidence, ideas, and society. Historiography means the writing of critical historical narrative, and modern historiography asks questions, checks reliable evidence, and explains human life through a wider social lens.

Key Concepts

The writing of critical historical narrativeA scholar who writes suchAncient communities did not write historiographyIts method is based on scientificHistorical research cannot use laboratory experiments
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Historiography : Indian Tradition

Notice how Indian history writing grew from oral memory to inscriptions, then to biographies, court histories, foreign accounts, colonial writing, and modern ideological schools.

Key Concepts

Early Indian memory of ancestorsFrom the 1st century CThis MauryanHarshacharit by Banabhatta is King Harsha’sKalhana wrote the history of Kashmir
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Applied History

Notice how history is not only about the past. Applied History, also known as Public History, uses historical knowledge to help people in contemporary and future times. It supports better understanding of society, culture, science, technology, and heritage, and it helps people see the practical valu

Key Concepts

Applied History is the studyPublic History is another nameHistory helps in philosophyHeritage includes the visible and invisibleHeritage conservation must be done without

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