The British in India
Steven Watson offers a defence of Britain's imperial experience in India.
Steven Watson offers a defence of Britain's imperial experience in India.
Gerald Morgan recounts how, towards the mid-nineteenth century, Russian expansion in Central Asia prompted the authorities in India to send British Missions in reply.
Nora C. Buckley explains how, during the 15th century, Chinese seafarers were active in Indian and African trade.
Christopher Hibbert describes how, against the Queen’s wishes, the Prince successfully toured the British Indian Empire at the age of thirty-four.
For 444 years Goa has been ruled by the Portuguese; today their rule is challenged by the Republic of India. By C.R. Boxer.
C.R. Boxer examines the travels and writings of Robert Knox in a 17th century Buddhist kingdom.
Few incidents in the British rule of India have given rise to more acute controversy than Dyer's drastic action at Amritsar on April 13th, 1919.
Arthur Waley on the pioneering French explorer and early scholar of Indian culture.
Gyanesh Kudaisya considers how the Sino-Indian war of 1962 has shaped relations between Asia’s two largest nations.
For three generations one Calcutta family pioneered cultural, political and social advance, making a profound mark on Indian modernity, says Chandak Sengoopta.