Romila Thapar: Quotes about history

Romila Thapar is Indian historian. Explore interesting quotes on history.

Romila Thapar: 18 quotes0 likes

“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.”

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

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

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

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