• Krishna S,Gaikwad

Abstract: The paper intends to study how contemporary science and methods of chronology facilitated historical interpretation and construction of history on a sound footing. It also particularly focuses on Carbon dating of the historical cum archaeological artifacts. It is said that history is a social science and cannot be a Natural Science. But the historians have tried to situate the historical events in the light of science. Because no evidence (document), no history is the principle of philosophy of history. Therefore, a historian like J.B. Burry says, ‘History is Science, No More No Less’. The history of ancient times is defined based on the objects excavated or discovered in open which can be tested in the laboratories of science and accordingly the chronology is determined by various techniques of dating by which the man construct his/ her history and culture. All the sciences has their own history which they travel into past and finds the relevance so as to undertake new methods and inventions in the developed forms. The contemporary development in the science has led to the interpretation of history based on facts. Therefore, modern science has developed some methods of Relative Dating and Absolute Dating. History has its auxiliary sciences like Archaeology, Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Natural Sciences like Chemistry, Physics, Biology, etc. The dating methods are applied scientifically for historical interpretations. i.e. Carbon-14, Potassium-Argon, Dendrochronology, Archaeomagnetic Dating, Thermoluminiscence, Diagnostic Trails, Dating Thickness of Deposit, dating Astronomical Chronology, Stratigraphical Succession, Paleontological Method, Fluorine Dating and so on. Among all above Carbon-14 has significant contribution to the scientific dating of historical objects.

Key Words: Science, Historical Philosophy, Auxiliary sciences of History, Chronology, Relative Dating, Absolute Dating, Carbon-14

"“A Study of Contemporary Scientific Methods in Chronology and Historical Interpretation”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 12, page no.1058-1060, December-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1712147.pdf

"“A Study of Contemporary Scientific Methods in Chronology and Historical Interpretation”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 12, page no. pp1058-1060, December-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1712147.pdf