History Of India Vol. I
&quote;Appointed through family influence to the East India Company, Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) arrived on the subcontinent in 1796, quickly learning Persian and developing an interest in Indian civilisation. After postings in Benares, Afghanistan and Poona, he became governor in 1819 of the recently acquired territory that became known as the Bombay Presidency, where he remained until his resignation in 1827. On his return to England, he devoted much of his time to writing and was a founder member of the Royal Geographical Society. This two-volume history, based on a range of Indian sources and first published in 1841, is infuse…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78289-477-3
- EAN: 9781782894773
- Produktnummer: 27964888
- Verlag: Normanby Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'303 KB
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