Rise and progress of the British power in India . f viewmay be traced throughout the United Kingdom :for there is scarcely a county without residentfamilies who owe, either remotely or immediately,their fortune, or pecuniary means, to the establish-ment of the East-India Company, and the acqui-sition of India. If this work, which is almost wholly foundedon official records, shall in any degree answer thepurpose, one of the objects I have had in encoun-tering the labour of preparing it for publicationwill be attained. It may likewise prove an usefulintroduction to more extended researches by in
Rise and progress of the British power in India . f viewmay be traced throughout the United Kingdom :for there is scarcely a county without residentfamilies who owe, either remotely or immediately,their fortune, or pecuniary means, to the establish-ment of the East-India Company, and the acqui-sition of India. If this work, which is almost wholly foundedon official records, shall in any degree answer thepurpose, one of the objects I have had in encoun-tering the labour of preparing it for publicationwill be attained. It may likewise prove an usefulintroduction to more extended researches by indi-viduals who shall hereafter enter the Companys service, PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. xliii service, or to those who may resort to India forother purposes. As the attempt has been graciously counte-nanced by the Sovereign, I feel that I shall butmanifest the respect which I bear towards theCompany, by announcing to the Proprietors indi-vidually the progress of a work, the first volumeof which is now sent forth to the public. London, April 1837. /. u,i,,i„,ih ii// ///?„>??/?/.,,./,„/,.!//.u,:.-/ .i;.i ,;.;. RISE AND PROGRESS BRITISH POWER IN INDIA. CHAPTER I. In contemplating the History of India, abundant Early to awaken, if not to satisfy curiosity, as toits earliest condition and chronology, is to be foundin the works of those distinguished scholars andhistorians, who have presented the public withtheir valuable researches on the various kingdomsof Asia. Confining the retrospect to the limits withinwhich reference can be had to historical facts, itis impossible not to be most forcibly struck withthe extraordinary vicissitudes and revolutions towhich Hindostan has been subject. Governed fora series of years by a Maharajah, or prince whoexercised supreme authority, and by various feu-datory but powerful native chiefs; having a priest- vol. i. b hood 2 RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE [Chap I. hood assuming a lofty tone of morality, possessinggreat influence o
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