volumes : 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, pages 382-388)

v. 1. The founders of modern India -- I. Under the Moguls 1600-1751: 1. William Hawkins: The first servant of the Company -- 2. The king's ambassador -- 3. The great Mogul (Akbar and successors) -- 4. A journey from Agra to Surat -- 5. The English house at Surat -- 6. Rebellion at Bombay -- 7. Madras: the enlightened presidency -- 8. Job Charnock -- 9. War in the south -- II. The revolution 1751-1798: 1. The revolution in Bengal -- 2. One of the worst (William Bolts) -- 3. Some of the best: Vansittart, Verelst -- 4. Warren Hastings -- 6. Sir John Shore and the land revenue -- 6. The world of William Hickey -- 7. A country station -- 8. The India shore left -- III. The golden age 1798-1858: 1. Munro and the peasant settlement -- 2. Malcolm and central India -- 3. Elphinstone and the Marathas -- 4. Across India: with Heber, with Jacquemont -- 5. Bombay: Jonathan Duncan, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Boy Malcolm -- 6. Some evils ended: human sacrifice, burning widows, strangling travellers -- 7. Metcalfe and the supreme post -- 8. Fort William and Haileybury -- 9. Thomason and the settlement of the north-west: an outspoken service, Robert Bird, James Thomason -- 10. Before the deluge -- 11. The titans of the Punjab: The first Sikh war and the Regency, Edwardes and Bannu, The rule of the titans -- 12. The mutiny: the Sepoy army, the causes of the great mutiny, the savagery on both sides, the civilian's part in Hindustan, the civilian's part in the Punjab

v. 2. The guardians

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews