About the Book: the Evolution of Historiographical Tradition: in Anceint And
Medieval India
In India, historical writing was a tradition that evolved in different ways in
the ancient, medieval and modern periods of history. Several traditions of
historiography evolved during the centuries. This volume is an attempt to
present a systematic and comprehensive history of historical writing in ancient
and medieval India based on many original sources and works written in the
modern times. a well-researched, painstaking study, the book broadly discusses
the beginnings of historical tradition, Buddhist and Jain traditions of
historiography, and writing of historical biography, chronicles, vamsavali and
other historical works, as well as the tradition