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India : A Captivating Guide to the History of India, The East India Company and Dutch East India Company, Paperback / softback Book

India : A Captivating Guide to the History of India, The East India Company and Dutch East India Company Paperback / softback

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If you want to discover the captivating history of India, then keep reading...

Three captivating manuscripts in one book:

  • History of India: A Captivating Guide to Ancient India, Medieval Indian History, and Modern India Including Stories of the Maurya Empire, the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi, and More
  • The East India Company: A Captivating Guide to the English Company That Was Created for the Exploitation of Trade with East and Southeast Asia and India
  • The Dutch East India Company: A Captivating Guide to the First True Multinational Corporation and Its Impact on the Dutch War of Independence from Spain

Some of the topics covered in part one of this book include:

  • The Indus River Valley
  • Mythology of the Vedic Age
  • Aryan India and the Great Vedic Debate
  • Alexander the Great
  • The Empire of Chandragupta Maurya
  • Buddhism and the Regrets of Ashoka
  • The Return of the Greeks
  • The Gupta Empire
  • Ancient Mathematical Discoveries
  • The Delhi Sultanate
  • Babur and the Mughal Empire
  • The Taj Mahal and a Story of Love
  • India is “Rediscovered” by Portugal
  • The Maratha Empire
  • The East India Trading Company
  • East India Company Rule
  • The British Raj
  • The Caste System
  • Mohandas Gandhi
  • The Salt March and Independence
  • Wildlife, Then and Now
  • A Brief History of the Curry
  • The Space Program
  • And much, much more!

Some of the topics covered in part two of this book include:

  • The Company’s First Century: Establishment and Growth of the EIC, Rivals, and Issues
  • The Company’s Second Century: Growth and Expansion, Trade with China, Financial Crises, and “Statehood”
  • The Company’s Third Century: The EIC’s Military Exploits, Indian Nationalism, Racial and Religious Ideologies, and the Dissolution of the EIC
  • Effects of the EIC: Changes in the British Society, Impact on Local People Groups, and Growth of the British Empire
  • Notable Individuals of the EIC Era
  • And much, much more!

Some of the topics covered in part three of this book include:

  • Birth of a Corporation
  • The Company on the Rise
  • Fall of the Giant
  • Structure and Organization of the VOC
  • The Good, the Bad, and the VOC
  • And much, much more!

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