Textures of Time
Author | : Velcheru Narayana Rao |
Publisher | : Other Press, LLC |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Nearly a thousand years ago, the great scholar Al-Biruni complained that, "unfortunately, the Hindus do not pay much attention to the historical order of things. They are very careless in relating the chronological succession of kings, and when pressed for information ... invariably take to tale-telling." Until now this had been the received wisdom of the West, repeated with little variation by post-colonial historians.".