History as field of study, is of utmost importance among social sciences. It lies at the base of all concepts, theories and inferences found in different social sciences and hence a study of historical background is indispensable for an understanding of the conceptual content of different Social Sciences. History is the study of past events and is the mirror of men progress. It helps us to understood those processes that enabled the early humans to successfully conquer their environment and develope the present day civilization. It is not just a study of battles and kings as is normally understood by some. It is an analysis of society, economy and cultural trends over a long period as reflected in available sources. History deals with man and his times; man is dynamic and time progresses in a linear way;
prevalent values keep changing in accordance with the needs of the society and depending up on the civilization and cultural levels of the society. Therefore, the actions and reactions of human beings can not be reduced to predictable quotients. The job of a historian is ascertain the fact through cross
checking if different historical evidences. Further the explanations of human actions and reactions vary from historian to historian because human perceptions are not uniform. A historian should defferentiate the fact from the fiction. How ever, myths which are based on oral traditions of the society may contain
memories of past happenings.