European Adventurers of Northern India, 1785 to 1849
European Adventurers of Northern India, 1785 to 1849

Author: C. Grey

Publisher: Asian Educational Services

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 9788120608535

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Includes: European Officers Of Ranjit Singhs Army George Thomas, William Obrien, J.F. Allard, Paolo Di Avita, Charles Masson, Alexander Gardiner And Others.

War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849
War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849

Author: Kaushik Roy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-03-30

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1136790861

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This book argues that the role of the British East India Company in transforming warfare in South Asia has been overestimated. Although it agrees with conventional wisdom that, before the British, the nature of Indian society made it difficult for central authorities to establish themselves fully and develop a monopoly over armed force, the book argues that changes to warfare in South Asia were more gradual, and the result of more complicated socio-economic forces than has been hitherto acknowledged. The book covers the period from 1740, when the British first became a major power broker in south India, to 1849, when the British eliminated the last substantial indigenous kingdom in the sub-continent. Placing South Asian military history in a global, comparative context, it examines military innovations; armies and how they conducted themselves; navies and naval warfare; major Indian military powers - such as the Mysore and Khalsa kingdoms, the Maratha confederacy - and the British, explaining why they succeeded.

European Adventurers in North India
European Adventurers in North India

Author: Uma Shanker Pandey

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2019-07-08

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1000145093

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This book explores how European, particularly French, adventurers shaped early modern India. It highlights the significant contributions of these adventurers in social, political, economic, and intellectual life of north India in the 18th and the 19th centuries. The author examines how the French adventurers played a key role in bringing Western science and ideas to a polity in flux. He examines the role of individuals like René Madec, Sombre, De Boigne, Perron, Gentil, Canaple, Delamarr, Sonson, and Pedrose, who made instrumental contributions in modernising armies of pre-modern states in South Asia. The volume also underlines how French adventurers’ commercial networks developing from their enterprises opened up markets in the heartlands of north India for European consumers. Further, it brings to the fore intellectual pursuits of the leading French figures such as Anquetil Duperron, Polier, Gentil, De Boigne, and Perron, whose engagement with Indian literature opened a new chapter framing studies of the Occident. Rich in French, English, and translated Persian archival resources, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of colonial history, early modern history, military history, and South Asian studies.