The epistemologies of South Asian cultures differ from those in Europe because historical information regarding European knowledge systems came from European themselves. On the other hand, India’s epistemological findings were firstly discovered by the Europeans – the British in particular. As Thapar stated, “the early non-Indian historians of India came largely from this group [British administrators]” (Thapar, p 17). Therefore, those historians held a view of British superiority. “… the underlying assumption was that British administration was in fact superior to any other known to the history of the subcontinent” (Thapar, p 17).

The definitions of history and literature are intertwined, making a clear definition hard to distinguish between the two of them. History is an account, which tries to be objective, of events that have occurred in the past and explains cause and effect. Literature is an account that interprets information that is significant to the time period that it was written. Literature provides information regarding cultural significance (Thapar, p 9). In order to fully understand the history of South Asia, both literary and historical texts are needed in order to gain the widest perspective and accurate depiction of historical South Asia. Some history books are too biased to receive an accurate account; however, some literature books are too vague to understand events. South Asia has appears to be a mystical place for Europeans, and many of the early historians were of European descent. That led to many biased accounts on the history, such as ill-founded co

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