To counter the influence of nationalist anachronisms on Indian historiography, King, Country and War: Ideology: Memory and Written Indian History, c. 1600–1900 presents a critical analysis of six themes of Indian historiography: the historicization of the Indian mind, the role of individuals in history, desh and rashtra in pre-colonial India, forts in Indian history, the Third Battle of Panipat and hybridity in Indian history.