The Marxist theory is the school of historiography which considers the effect that occurs from the particular social event and its significance in society. The Marxist writings include the need for the means and the modes of production and industrial relations. In India, the Marxist writings include the caste system as the main theme, and the changes that happened in the caste system. The Indian scholars who adopted a Marxist method of writing history are – Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, Ram Sharan Sharma, SA Dange, etc. Comrade Dange wrote the book titled ‘Primitive communism to slavery’ which considers the Marxist method of writing history.
