HISTORY OF INDIA . From the first European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company

by William Wilson Hunter, Cristo Raul (Editor)

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. THE CLOSING or THE OLD TRADE PATHS
II. THE QUEST for INDIA by SEA
III. THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN CHRISTENDOM AND ISLAM FOR THE INDIAN SEAS
IV. THE PORTUGUESE POLICY IN THE EAST
V. ENGLAND’S ATTEMPTS TO REACH INDIA IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
VI. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EAST INDIA COM¬PANY
Appendix. Allusions BY Mohammedan Historians to Europeans in India

108 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 15, 2004

About the author

Sir William Wilson Hunter KCSI CIE was a Scottish historian, statistician, a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Service, who later became Vice President of Royal Asiatic Society.