History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2012 History
Who among the following, by using 'Psycho-History', proved that Muhammad bin Tughlaq was not 'mad' as was first commented by Elphinstone?
AAgha Mahdi Hussain
BR.C. Jauhari
CIshwari Prasad ✓ Correct
DShafat Ahmad Khan
Correct answer: (C) Ishwari Prasad — Professor Ishwari Prasad used psycho-history to defend Muhammad bin Tughlaq, so the answer is Ishwari Prasad.
Explanation
★Professor Ishwari Prasad used psycho-history to defend Muhammad bin Tughlaq, so the answer is Ishwari Prasad.
★Elphinstone had first described the Sultan as mad because of his strange measures.
★Ishwari Prasad argued that the Sultan was a learned and bold ruler, not insane.
★His schemes, like token currency and the shift to Daulatabad, were ambitious but failed.
★Psycho-history studies the mind and motives behind a ruler's actions.
★This approach reshaped the view of one of the most debated Delhi Sultans.
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