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> [“Historiography therefore becomes a prelude to understanding history as a form of knowledge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/historiography-therefore-becomes-a-prelude-to-understanding-history/)

[Romila Thapar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romila-thapar/)

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## More by Romila Thapar

> [“The change from the categories of hunter-gatherers to pastoralism to agriculture involved using a decreasing area of land, but an increasingly more intensive use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/the-change-from-the-categories-of-hunter-gatherers-to-pastoralism-to/)

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> [“Expanding urbanization often trapped people at the margins of settlements into becoming landless and unable to use their skills and thus gradually forced them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/expanding-urbanization-often-trapped-people-at-the-margins-of/)

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> [“I do not believe there is any place in this country for any particular culture, whether it is a Hindu culture, or a Muhammadan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/i-do-not-believe-there-is-any-place-in-this-country-for-any/)

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> [“That every civilization emerges out of interactions with others, but nevertheless creates its own miracle, was not yet recognized by either European or Indian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/that-every-civilization-emerges-out-of-interactions-with-others-but/)

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> [“To conclude on a personal note, these thoughts came to me again and again in the past few months. There has been so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/to-conclude-on-a-personal-note-these-thoughts-came-to-me-again-and/)

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> [“Some forms of Indian asceticism, although not all, have a socio-political dimension and these cannot be marginalized as merely the wish to negate life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/some-forms-of-indian-asceticism-although-not-all-have-a-socio/)

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> [“A later age looks back with nostalgia at an earlier one and depicts it in terms of ideals and activities now receding.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/a-later-age-looks-back-with-nostalgia-at-an-earlier-one-and-depicts/)

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> [“Nationalism may begin with ideas among the elite but its propagation involves having mass support. Initially, anti-colonial”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/nationalism-may-begin-with-ideas-among-the-elite-but-its-propagation/)

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> [“The use of the plough goes back to pre-Harappan times and one of the words frequently used for the plough – langala – is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/the-use-of-the-plough-goes-back-to-pre-harappan-times-and-one-of-the/)

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> [“Adivasi societies are not fossilized societies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/adivasi-societies-are-not-fossilized-societies/)

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> [“A number of families constituted a grama, a word used later for village, suggesting that the families in the early settlements were related. Another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/a-number-of-families-constituted-a-grama-a-word-used-later-for/)

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> [“These passes were used so frequently that it is incorrect to project the north-western mountains as barriers. They were corridors of communication.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/these-passes-were-used-so-frequently-that-it-is-incorrect-to-project/)

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> [“Historiography therefore becomes a prelude to understanding history as a form of knowledge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/historiography-therefore-becomes-a-prelude-to-understanding-history/)

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> [“The second trial for sedition was in 1908 before Justice D. D. Davar, who had been his counsel in the first trial, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/the-second-trial-for-sedition-was-in-1908-before-justice-d-d-davar/)

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> [“Nations have to be built on an inclusive identity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/nations-have-to-be-built-on-an-inclusive-identity/)

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