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The Making of India. A Brief History of the Different Elements Geographical Ethnical Material Moral and Political That Went to the Building Up of the Indian People With an Account of the Foundation Consolidation and Progress of British Rule in India

1925

The pepper of Malabar the pearls of Ceylon and the beryl of Coimbatore District in the Madras Presidency and later on the diamond mines near the Krishna river formed the main attractions of the early trade. [...] 3. Marathi the language of the Marathas who inhabit the southern part of the Bombay Presidency the western part of the Hyderabad State and a considerable part of Berar and the Central Provinces."i6 THE MAKING OF INDIA 4. Gujarati the language of Gujarat including Kathiawar and some portions of Rajputana and Central India. [...] Similarly the acquisition of the island ofPOLITICAL DIVISIONS 17 Bombay and the subsequent wars with the Marathas gave the East India Company a hold on the west coast of India and eventually made them masters of a good part of the Maratha country and practically the whole of Gujarat; when the prvince of Sindh was conquered the Punjab was not yet British territory and the sea route from Bom [...] But the Sikhs for certain purposes claim to beTHE ROOTS OF HINDUISM 25 distinct from the Hindus and so do the followers of the Brahmo Samaj the Arya Samaj and some of the minor sects although the Arya Samajists claim that they are the true exponents of Hinduism and the impetus which they have given to the reform of the Hindu social system and the proselytizing zeal they have shown in enlargin [...] Manu figuratively derives these castes from four members of the divine body— the Brahmans from the head the Kshatriyas from the arms the Vaishyas from the stomach and the Shudras from the feet of Brahma the supreme and abstract deity of Hinduism.
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SARF Document ID
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Preface
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Chapter I. Geographical Influences
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Chapter II. Thr People Languages and Political Divisions
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Chapter III. The Roots of Hinduism
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Chapter IV. The Message of Buddha
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Chapter V. Foreign Invasions and Influences
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Chapter VI. The Imperial Idea in Hindu India
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Chapter VII. Muslim Invasions 1000-1200
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Chapter VIII. Establishment of the Muslim Empire in India 1206-1526
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Chapter IX. The Mughal Empire in the Making
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Chapter X. The Mughal Empire at its Zenith
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Chapter XI. How England Won Against Portugal and Holland
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Chapter XII. The Growth of English Commerce and of the East India Company
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Chapter XIII. The Three Presidencies: the Company’s Organization in India in the Commercial Period
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Chapter XIV. The Mughal Empire in its Decline
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Chapter XV. French Bid for Supremacy
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Chapter XVI. Acquisition of Bengal
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Chapter XVII. The Company’s Position at Home: Parliamentary Regulation (1765-1781)
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Chapter XVIII. Consolidation in Bengal: Expansion in Madras and Bombay
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Chapter XIX. Fight for Supremacy. 1789-1819
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Chapter XX. Reform and Philanthropy: Movements Moral Social and Religious. 1819-1836
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Chapter XXI. Push to the North-West: Pan Jab Sindh and Afghanistan. 1836-1856
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Chapter XXII. The Great Mutiny and the Extinction of the Company. 1857-1858
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Chapter XXIII. British Spirit Supreme: Military Administrative and Economic Reforms; Safeguarding the Frontiers. 1860-1888
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Chapter XXIV. Growth of Nationalism and the Spirit of Discontent. 1888-1910
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Chapter XXV. The Great War and the New Constitution. 1910-1925
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Appendix
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Index
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Backmatter
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