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“A society has many pasts from which it chooses those that go into the creation of its history. The choice is made by those in authority—the authority being of various kinds—although occasionally the voice of others may be heard.”

Romila Thapar

The Past as Present : Forging Contemporary Identities Through History

History , Past

“Epic literature is not history but is again a way of looking at the past.”

Romila Thapar

Source: Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300, p. 100.

Literature , History , Way , Past

“Nationalism seeks legitimacy from the past and history therefore becomes a sensitive subject.”

Romila Thapar

Source: Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300, p. 19.

History , Past

“To categorize some people as indigenous and others as alien, to argue about the identity of the first inhabitants of the subcontinent, and to try and sort out these categories for the remote past, is to attempt the impossible.”

Romila Thapar

Introduction, xxiv.
Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300

Past , People