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VBI-0268
BROWNE CORRESPONDENCE
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Details
- Author
- Krishna Dayal Bhargava
- Year
- 1960
- Publisher
- Not specified
- Location
- Delhi
- Subjects
- Mughal Empire · East India Company · Shah Alam II · Warren Hastings · Indian History
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Pages
- 363 pages
- Size
- Approx. 10 × 6.5 in
Description
An important collection of late-18th-century correspondence relating to Mughal Delhi, the East India Company and the political affairs of northern India during the reign of Emperor Shah Alam II. The volume reproduces the correspondence of Major James Browne from 1782 to 1785, including numerous letters exchanged with Warren Hastings, John Macpherson and other Company officials, together with reports, memoranda and enclosures concerning the Mughal court, military forces, regional rulers and British political interests in India.
Condition
As shown, binding slightly rubbed else good