When Does History Begin - Harjot Oberoi

Documents How The Premodern Techniques Of Narrating The Past In South Asia Were Deeply Transformed By Colonial Modernity, Resulting In Newer Forms Of Truth-telling Within The Sikh Community.focusing On Important Issues In Sikh Religious Identity And Memory, Harjot Oberoi Shows How Premodern Techniques Of Narrating The Past And Truth-telling In South Asia Were Deeply Transformed By Colonialism. Indian Historiographical Praxis Has Long Been Problematic. Al-biruni, The Eleventh-century Polymath, Was Puzzled By How People In The Subcontinent Treated The Protocols Of History; It Escaped His Learning That Indian Narrative Constructions Of The Past Were Embedded In An Intricate Canon Of Poetical Traditions And Represented A Radical Departure From Historical Narratives In The Islamic, Sinic, And Greco-roman Worlds.