The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 117
... European methods of war over those followed by Indian armies ; it revealed the political decay that had eaten into the heart of the Indian state system ; and its conclusion illustrated the resultant tendency of European treaties to ...
... European methods of war over those followed by Indian armies ; it revealed the political decay that had eaten into the heart of the Indian state system ; and its conclusion illustrated the resultant tendency of European treaties to ...
Page 343
... European more intimately acquainted " , says his biographer , Gleig , 1 " with the characters , habits , manners and institutions of the natives of India , because there never lived a European who at once possessed better opportunities ...
... European more intimately acquainted " , says his biographer , Gleig , 1 " with the characters , habits , manners and institutions of the natives of India , because there never lived a European who at once possessed better opportunities ...
Page 419
... European collectors deprived the Company of an increasing knowledge among its European servants of the country , the state of the revenue , and the methods of collection ; it checked the growth of a spirit of responsibility and of ...
... European collectors deprived the Company of an increasing knowledge among its European servants of the country , the state of the revenue , and the methods of collection ; it checked the growth of a spirit of responsibility and of ...
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