ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1943, sets forth the history of the rise and development of the states of princely India from the end of the eighteenth century until the beginning of nineteenth. This was also the formative period for the East India Company and thus for India itself. It describes the processes, military and political, whereby modern India was formed.

part I|145 pages

The Emergence of the Princes

chapter II|6 pages

The Marathas

chapter III|8 pages

Decline of Maratha Power

chapter IV|6 pages

Lord Wellesley and the Peshwa

chapter V|6 pages

British and Maratha Diplomacy

chapter VI|7 pages

The Death of Nana Farnavis

chapter VII|5 pages

The Battle of Poona

chapter VIII|6 pages

The Treaty of Bassein

chapter IX|8 pages

Collins and Metcalfe at Poona

chapter X|6 pages

Outbreak of War

chapter XI|5 pages

British and Maratha Military Tactics

chapter XII|6 pages

Lake Opens his Campaign

chapter XIII|5 pages

The Battle of Delhi and the Fall of Agra

chapter XIV|3 pages

The Battle of Laswari

chapter XV|7 pages

General Wellesley’s Victories

chapter XVI|5 pages

The Making of the Treaties

chapter XVIII|6 pages

Yeswant Rao Holkar

chapter XIX|6 pages

First Stages of the War with Holkar

chapter XX|5 pages

The Siege of Bharatpur

chapter XXI|7 pages

Bharatpur and Indian and British Reactions

chapter XXII|7 pages

Arrival of Lord Cornwallis

chapter XXIII|8 pages

Considerations of the Peace

chapter XXIV|4 pages

The War’s Results

chapter XXV|2 pages

The Psychological Change in the Conquerors

part II|141 pages

British Paramountcy

chapter XXVI|10 pages

Mutinies. The Chaos of Central India

chapter XXVII|12 pages

The Company’s Embassies

chapter XXVIII|4 pages

Domestic Troubles and Colonial Expeditions

chapter XXIX|5 pages

The Mogul Emperor and Delhi

chapter XXX|4 pages

Metcalfe and Central India

chapter XXXI|6 pages

The Company’s Satraps

chapter XXXII|13 pages

The Gurkha War

chapter XXXIII|7 pages

The Peshwa and Gangadhar Sastri’s Murder

chapter XXXIV|10 pages

The Pindaris and the Chaos of Central India

chapter XXXV|6 pages

Preliminaries of the Pindari Campaign

chapter XXXVI|4 pages

Elphinstone and the Peshwa

chapter XXXVII|5 pages

Amir Khan. The Rajput States

chapter XXXVIII|9 pages

The Peshwa’s Outbreak

chapter XXXIX|4 pages

The Nagpur Outbreak

chapter XL|11 pages

The Campaign Against Holkar

chapter XLI|5 pages

Surrender of the Peshwa

chapter XLII|8 pages

The British Leaders and the Common Soldier

chapter XLIII|7 pages

Reflections: Political

chapter XLIV|6 pages

Status of the Princes. The King of Delhi

chapter XLV|5 pages

The Doctrine of Paramountcy