Sources are the basis of history. It is on the foundation of primary sources that the edifice of history rests on. Political history has always been dominant trend in historiography. Non-political aspects of history have received lesser attention. With the advent and the popularisation of total history scenario has begun to change. History of arenas other than political are being coming under the orbit of historical documentation. However, in the case of the writing of history of education the challenges are different. The paper enumerates and takes a stalk of the difficulties in the historiography of education