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India on the Eve of the British Conquest (An Analytical History of India 1627 - 1761)

1872

The extent of his territories the pomp of his Court the vast number and splendid equipments of his armies the conventionally submissive tone of his ministers his provincial rulers and his generals the hyperbolical lordliness of his swelling titles and in most cases until the decline of the Empire the ability and vigour which he displayed in his personally conducted government cobined to [...] The Emperor conducted the general administration through a variety of ministers the chief of whom were the Vizier or Prime Minister the Amir-ul-Omrah or Commander-in-chief the Dewan or Chancellor of the Exchequer„ and the Kotwal or head of the police (or of the Home Office); who also collectively formed his Cabinet Council and assisted him with their advice ; though the ultimate decision of [...] The remoteness of the seat of government from so many parts ofTHE MOGHUL GOVERNMENT 27 the Empire the difficulty and tardiness of communication the practice of silencing the voice of the imperial itinerant commissioners by bribes the terrorising and repressive influence of local power. and the eagerness of a ruler whose tenure of office was uncertain and might be very short to make the most [...] In a descending scale the oppression and extortion of the Subandar were too often repeated by the Nawab the oujdar the Zamindar and the Poligar ; though the constitution of the village communities and the sentiments of their members imposed a considerable check on the conduct of their headmen. [...] The character of the sovereign the consequent spirit of the government and the geographical area and social condition of the Empire at various periods were faithfully reflected in the successive modifications of the military system.
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Frontmatter
i-v Sidney Owen view
Preface
i-iii unknown view
Chapter I The Earlier Moghul Emperors
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Chapter II The Moghul Government
14-32 unknown view
Chapter III Aurangzab in Hindusthan
33-41 unknown view
Chapter IV Sivaji the Founder of the Maratha Power
41-63 unknown view
Chapter V The Maratha War of Independence
63-80 unknown view
Chapter VI The Raja the Nizam and the Peishwa
80-98 unknown view
Chapter VII The Empire sn extremis
98-120 unknown view
Chapter VIII Development of the Maratha Confederacy
120-137 unknown view
Chapter IX Culmination of the Maratha Power
137-153 unknown view
Chapter X The Rise of Haidar Ali
153-183 unknown view
Chapter XI The Panipath Campaign
183-202 unknown view
Conclusion
203-204 unknown view

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