242 Pages
by
Routledge India
242 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
242 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
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This book explores how European, particularly French, adventurers shaped early modern India. It highlights the significant contributions of these adventurers in social, political, economic, and intellectual life of north India in the 18th and the 19th centuries. The author examines how the French adventurers played a key role in bringing Western science and ideas to a polity in flux. He examines... Read more
Introduction 1. The Early Adventurers and the Modernization of Warfare in Hindustan 2. The Later Adventurers and the French Brigades 3. The Partis Français and the Increasing Military Power of Shuja-ud-Daula (1764-1775) 4. Chevalier and Shah Alam: Facets of diplomatic enterprises in north India 5. Commercial, Social, and Intellectual Engagements A concluding note. Appendices
Biography
Uma Shanker Pandey is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, India.
