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He is a well known Indian historian of Mughal history. Although, he has written several books and contributed to Marxist school of historiography, his Interpreting Indian History, Caste and Money in Indian History, Problems of Marxist Historiography, Agrarian System of Mughal India, An Atlas of the Mughal Empire and the Cambridge Economic History of India are more popular and very widely read books.Irfan Habib in his Interpreting Indian History emphasized on the interpretation and not narration of history. He says that interpretation of past is necessary because the facts on which historians treat the evidence of the past cannot recreate and verify those events. The evidence for the past is little and keeps wide blanks. These blanks could be filled up by understanding how societies operate and what people are motivated by and capable of doing various things in various situations. Thus the interpretation with the help of personal judgment ...
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