"Radhakumud Mukherji’s book on Indian shipping24, published in 1912, dramatically changed the scenario of writing books on ancient India, by focussing on her material achievements, including maritime activities and commercial and manufacturing interests. The Aryan invasion was not forgotten; Mukherji, in fact, calls it a momentous event in the world’s history, if not its most important. In his The Fundamental Unity of India (from Hindu Sources)25, 1914, he points out the element of geographical unity of the country and argues that this unity or at least its perception was not a contribution of the British but lay in the historic consciousness of the ancient Hindus. Mukherji’s Local Self-Government in Ancient India26 (1919) and Ancient Indian Education27, the bulk of the latter written in 1918- 20, vigorously put forward Mukherji’s nationalist ideas and arguments in the respective contexts. The main argument is that through ‘indigenous machinery of appropriate institutions’, ancient India could preserve her organizational identity through centuries of political domination. One would argue that these four books by Radhakumud Mukherji introduce a strong gust of nationalism in the ancient Indian studies without a single slip in his data and arguments."
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Chakrabarti, D. K. (2021). Nationalism in the study of ancient Indian history. National Security, 4(1), 29-50.
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Radha Kumud Mukherjee
Radha Kumud Mukherjee (also spelled Radhakumud or Radha Kumud Mookerji and also known as Radha Kumud Mukhopadhyaya; 25 January 1884 – 9 September 1963) was an Indian historian and a noted Indian nationalist during the period of British colonial rule. He was the brother of the sociologist Radhakamal Mukerjee.
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