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The religious periodisation of James Mill is acceptable in the present time.

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The above statement is False.
The religious periodisation of James Mill is not acceptable in the present time.
Scottish economist and political philosopher James Mill published a massive three-volume work, The History of British India, in 1817. Hindu, Muslim, and British periods were the divisions he made in Indian history. This division of James Mill has some problems, which are:-

To find features of a particular time, history is divided into different periods, but in his division, Mill only tells us about the religion of different ages and their features.

This religious periodisation only mentions the two religions, Hindu and Muslim, but other faiths also existed during these periods.

In this periodisation, Mill described the period before British rule as a dark period in India.

This periodisation and concept are not acceptable in the present age because religious periodisation alone cannot be used to characterise history.
The correct statement would be that the religious periodisation of James Mill is not acceptable in the present time.

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