Noted Indian Historians

Are you passionate about Historians? Definitely you will like to know some successful personalities in this discipline. Here is the list of Noted Indian Historians

    * A. K. Narain

    * Aarudhra

    * Acharya Hemachandra

    * Aijaz Ahmad

    * Amiya Kumar Bagchi

History as study discipline

History is a branch of knowledge in which we study about events that taken place in the past. The word ‘History’ comes from Greek Word Historia meaning inquiry i.e. the knowledge gained from investigations. Aristotle used the word in his Peri Ta Zoa Istória ~ in Latin – Historia Animalium. The term is devised from hístōr means wise man, witness, or judge. In late 16th Century Francis Bacon used the term when he wrote “Natural History”. In words of  Francis Bacon historia was "the knowledge of objects determined by space and time". In 1390 the word “History” meaning "relation of incidents, story" find the place in English Language. In Middle English the meaning of “History” was “story”.  The adjective “historical’ taken into practice in 1661 and “historic” in 1669.

Graphics as study discipline

Also called Graphic Arts. The visual appearances on a given surface for example wall, canvas, stone, paper or computer screen to inform, illustrate, entertain or brand is called Graphics. Some of the examples of Graphics are drawings, Line Art, symbols, numbers, geometric design, diagrams, typography, maps, engineering drawing, or a google map etc. In general, graphic is produced from illustration, color and text. Graphic design may comprises conscious assortment, formation, or understanding of typography alone, as in a brochure, flier, poster, web site, or book without any other element.

Geography as study discipline

The word Geography is derived from Latin word Geographia, which means to describe the earth’s surface. Geography is the systematic study of the depiction, circulation, and interface of the miscellaneous physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface. There are numerous definitions of Geography. Most learners thinks, Geography is about memorizing, locations of different places, states, countries, mountains, and rivers etc on earth. In fact geography is much much more than this.

Economics as a study discipline

Economics is a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Says Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.  

Economics is a social sciences it’s the study of methodologies people uses to select resources. Been written and studied since centuries huge number of books are available today for study of economics. Let’s see definition of economics from some world-class authors; do not confuse authors with the Karl marks who is the synonymous to economics in the same fashion as Alfred Nobel is to Chemistry. Here goes what different author says about this social science-

Commercial Art as a study discipline

The term Commercial Art refers to art forms developed for commercial uses mainly advertising. It’s the sub fields of creative services. A person who studies commercial art is called commercial artist.  To be a successful commercial artist requires ability to organize information, knowledge of fine arts, visualization, and originality, knowledge of media, and excellent communication skills. In industrial settings the art department is small in volume usually a director, sometimes an assistant director, a small design staff and product workers.  Since commercial artist works with different sorts of people they require being flexible, resourceful, and able to gel with the people.