Assignment Details Global Histories    1

Assignment Details Global Histories 

1. What were the motivating factors behind East India Company's exploration into the history and culture of India? What areas did the company focus on and why? Why was 'history' essential to this exploration? 

2. Discuss the role of Max Mueller in advancing Sanskrit and Vedic studies and the theory of the Aryan race. 

3. What reasons led to the theory of the Aryan race becoming central to the reconstruction of Indian history? 

4. How did Christian missionaries interpret the theory of the Aryan race in Indian society? 

5. How did social reformer Jyotiba Phule radicalize the Aryan theory, and what was its effect? 

6. How did the upper castes in India use the theory of the Aryan race? 

7. What were Tilak and Dayanand Saraswati's interpretations of the Aryan race? 

8. How did early Indian nationalists co-opt the theory of the Aryan race, and why? 

9. Discuss the Hindu nationalist reading of the Aryan race and its ramifications. 

10. How was caste incorporated into Aryan theory?