'Discoveries', Explorations and the Imperial Survey: From Discovery to the Civilizational Mission: English Writings on India, the Imperial Archive, Vo

by Pramod K. Nayar

India and the subcontinent stimulated the curiosity of the British who came to India as traders. Each aspect of life in India - its people, customs, geography, climate, fauna and flora - was documented by British travelers, traders, administrators, soldiers to make sense to the European mind. As they 'discovered' India and occupied it, they also attempted to 'civilise' the natives.
The present volumes focus on select aspects of the imperial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354356583
• ISBN13: 9789354356582
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic India
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.5"