India Through the Ages

Part 3 — CHAPTER V

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THE ANCIENT AGE THE VEDIC TIMES THE DAYS OF THE EPICS THE MARVELLOUS MILLENNIUM THE SESU-NÂGA (and Other) KINGS THE ANABASIS THE GREAT MAURYAS THE OUTLYING PROVINCES THE BACTRIAN CAMEL AND THE INDIAN BULL THE GREAT GÛPTA EMPIRE THE WHITE HUNS AND GOOD KING HARSHA CHAOS

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THE RAJPUT RESISTANCE THE SLAVE KINGS THE TARTAR DYNASTIES THE INVASION OF TIMUR DEVASTATED INDIA THE GREAT MOGHULS THE GREAT MOGHULS THE GREAT MOGHULS THE HOUSE OF SÛR THE WANDERINGS OF A KING AKBAR THE GREAT JAHÂNGIR AND NURJAHÂN SHÂHJAHÂN AURUNGZEBE

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INDIA IN THE BEGINNING OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THE RISE OF THE MAHRATTA POWER THE INVASION OF NÂDIR THE GAME OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS ROBERT CLIVE ROBERT CLIVE HYDER-ALI ET ALIA WARREN HASTINGS ADMINISTRATIONS AND IMPEACHMENTS THE BOARD OF CONTROL THE EXTINCTION OF MONOPOLY FREEDOM AND FRONTIERS MANNERS, MORALS, AND MISSIONARIES THE GREAT MUTINY INDEX

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Plots and counterplots--Peace brings thought--French and English turn to commerce--Only ascending power in India the Mahrattas--Western soldiers used as mercenaries--Immediate difficulties--Successional wars, French on one side, English the other--Putting up of puppets--England gets the worst of it--Robert Clive as champion.

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