Report on the Territories Conquered from the Paishwa

Submitted to the Supreme Government of British India

By:

Mountstuart Elphinstone

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History

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Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859) was a colonial official who spent his career in India, eventually becoming governor of Bombay in 1819. Before that he was resident in Poona (Pune) during the final days of the Maratha empire. He was fluent in Persian and took an interest in the culture of the region. This report, however, published in 1821, is a political work. The report describes the western Indian territory that the British had acquired by 1818, and Elphinstone provides a geographical overview of the area and the people who lived there. He then gives a brief sketch of Maratha history before moving on to the crux of the work: how to administer the territory, with the question of how to raise more revenue being of especial importance. This report provides a first-hand example of the inner workings of the British Empire in India.

Release date NZ

June 30th, 2011

Author

Mountstuart Elphinstone

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

190

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History

Dimensions

170x244x10

ISBN-13

9781108028523

Product ID

10419109

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