History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2013 History
The concept of 'Oriental Despotism' in Indian history was introduced by whom?
AJames Mill
BLamberg-Karlovsky
CH.G. Rawlinson ✓ Correct
DC.H. Philips
Correct answer: (C) H.G. Rawlinson — The concept of Oriental Despotism in Indian history was introduced by H.G. Rawlinson, so the answer is H.G. Rawlinson.
Explanation
★The concept of Oriental Despotism in Indian history was introduced by H.G. Rawlinson, so the answer is H.G. Rawlinson.
★Oriental Despotism is the idea that eastern states were ruled by all-powerful, arbitrary monarchs.
★It pictured Asian society as static and lacking liberty or private property.
★The notion was used by colonial writers to justify British rule as progressive.
★Later historians criticised it as a distorted European image of the East.
★The debate over this idea is central to the historiography of pre-modern Asia.
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