Synopsis The book is a collection of six lectures, two radio features broadcast from the BBC and Presidential Address delivered to the 62th Session of Indian History Congress, 1962. First lecture deals with various typologies of history itself. Second lecture deals with various typologies of primary sources to highlight the political perception and socio-cultural values practi-ced during the medieval period. Third lecture discusses the various aspects of the medieval Muslim social life Fourth lecture deals with the people’s movements. Fifth lecture discusses the status of religion in the medieval society. Sixth lecture dwells upon the future of historiography in India and reviews the work being done these days. First of the two radio-features broadcast on the BBC in 1952-53 deals with the information contained in various travelers’ accounts. The second one deals with Bengal Awakening to underline how the reactionary elements in Bengal were intriguing to defeat the awakening and how such persons as Derozio were fighting these reactionaries.