NATURE AND SCOPE OF HISTORY V. Lalawmpuii Roll no- 569

Nature of History:

There are certain characteristics for Nature of History which make it unique and also certain transient features which may change from time to time according to the Historian.

1.      History is a man’s attempt to describe and interpret the past.

2.      History is secular. It is concerned with temporal, mundane matters and not with spiritual efforts.

3.      Another important characteristics features of History is to be interest in the Past.

4.      History obliges people to think and to be responsible.

5.      History should be concerned not generally with the past but only with the realities of the past.

6.      History repeats itself.

7.      History cannot be static as it moves in time.

8.      According to Trevelyan there are three distinct functions of History, i.e the scientific, the imaginative and the literary.

9.      Croce and Collingwood have opined that History does not exist outside the historian’s mind.

10.  History is social memory. But it may not always be dependable.

Scope of History :

The scope of History has been variously viewed by Historians, Dr K. M Munshi defines the scope of History thus : ‘ The central purpose of History, must, therefore be investigate and unfold the values which age after age have inspired the inhabitants of a country to develop their collective will and to express it through the manifold activities of their life “.

            In the early days, History was considered to be nothing but a store- House of Legends, heroic account and folk- tales.  But as days passed by, the scope of History underwent significant changes.

The Arab used to say, “ History for kings and warriors, poetry for men and arithmetic for the shop keeper. But History is suppose to give a complete picture of everything  that has influence man directly or indirectly.

The scope of History is to enquire in to the origins of the past and to determine relationship and comparisons. It will try to discover the shapes and contours of the forces which are dynamic in society.

Generally, it is believed that History is concerned with man’s past achievements, wether the idea or the event in creation occurred 1 minute ago or a thousand years ago. The past is of different kind. It looks good for some people; and for others it is incredible. Some are proud about the past and talk about Golden ages. Some scholars assume that History had a very good start but by the time it reached the hands of a Historians for tereatment it gets deteriorated. The main scope of History will be the social life of man, his diurnal achievements,  his constitutional arrangements and his economic endeavours. Indeed they intimately affect the welfare of men in his day today life.

Thus the scope of History, in its restricted sense in nothing but a Political History, economic history, social History and so on. In its broad sense, it is History of the entire world touching all its facets. On the whole History mainly centres round the great events that have had indelible and indestructible mark upon mankind. In short, History is concern with the origin and development of all kinds.  

Reference :

Histiography                --          Jayapalan. N , Atlantic Publisher and Distributors, New Delhi. 

NATURE AND SCOPE OF HISTORY

V. Lalawmpuii

Roll no - 569

Nature of History :

History kalhmang leh ti danglam tu History sawifiahna chu tam tak a awm thei a, History kal hmang hi History ziaktu te a zirin a inthlak ve thei a ni.

1.      History chu hun kal tawh sawifiah tum na a ni.

2.      History chu sakhaw lam huam lo, khawvel hun tisa thil kaihhnawih a ni.

3.      History sawifiahna dang leh chu hunkaltawh ngaihvenna hi a ni.

4.      History chuan mawhphurhna la ngam leh ngaihtuah turin min phut a ni.

5.      History chu hun kaltawh kaihhnawih ni ringawt lo in hun kaltawh a thil thleng tak tak kaihhnawih a ni tur a ni.

6.      History chu amah leh amah a inchhui let fo thin.

7.      History chu hun kal anga inthlak a nih a vangin a ngai reng in a awm thei lo a ni.

8.      Trevelyan a chuan History thiltum chu hmun thum ah a then hrang a chung te chu, Finna lam thil te, Suangtuahna lam thil te leh Lehkhathiamna lam thil te a ni.

9.      Croce leh Collingwood  te ngahdan ah chuan History chu History ziaktute ngaihtuah na bak pawn lam ah chuan a nung lo a ni.

10.  History chu vantlang thil hriatreng na ani a, mahse a rintlak ber reng kher lo a ni.

Scope of History :

History huamchin hi History ziaktu ten an mitthla tlangpuia, Dr K.M Munshi chuan History huam chin chu ti hian a sawifiah a ni, “History tum ber chu chik takleh phur tak a he leilung a chengte a huhova awm a hmasawn in leh an nundan chi hrang hrang a lantir hi a ni”.

            Tunhma chuan History chu thil chhek khawlna- thawnthu ziahna, mi chhuanawm chanchin ziahna an ti thin. Hun a liam a History huamchin chu awmze nei in a inthlak a ni.

            Arab ho chuan, “History chu Lal leh Sipai indo mi tan ani a, hla chu mipa tan ani a, chhiarkawp chu sumdawng tut e tan” an ti thin.

            History chuan hmanlai thil nihna diktak pho chhuah leh a inlaichinna sawifiah te hi a tum a. Khawtlang  chakna leh thahrui pianzia leh hmelhmang phochhuah a tum a ni.

            A tlangpui in, History chuan mihring hun kaltawh a an thiltih minute 1 emaw kum sang liam ta ami lam hi a hawi ber a. Hunkaltawh chu chi hran hran in a awm theih ani. Mi thenkhat tan chuan an hun liam tawh chu a mawi in a tha em em a, mi thenkhat tan erawh chuan a thalo in a awihawm loh hial thin a ni. Mi thenkhat chuan an hun kal tawh chu an chapo pui bawk thin a ni. Mi thiamte chuan History  chuan bul tha tak in a tan a mahse History ziaktu te hnen a thlen hnu chuan chhiatlam a pan thin a ni an ti a ni.

            History huam chin chu engdang vak ni lo in, Politics lam History te, economic History te leh vantlang thil Social History leh a dang te an ni. A tawp nan tawi te in, History chu thil chi hrang hrang a bul hmasawnna lam kaihhnawih a ni.