Puranic Pasts and Colonial Presence: Bhaktivinoda’s Vaishnava Historiography of India

Abstract

 The article Puranic Pasts and Colonial Presence by Abhishek Ghosh examines how Bhaktivinoda Thakur fused traditional Puranic narratives with Western historiographical frameworks. Through works like Krishna Samhita, Bhaktivinoda challenged colonial dismissals of Indian spirituality, constructing a strategic and modern Vaishnava vision of Indian history.