CHAPTER IX.

EARLY MUHAMMADAN RULERS (712 TO 1526 A.D.).

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220-222

223-225

The Muhammadan Conquest was only partial and temporary,.

Table of Muhammadan Dynasties, 1001-1857 A.D.,

Mahmud of Ghazní; his 17 Invasions; Somnáth,

House of Ghor; Muhammad of Ghor's Invasions,

Hindu Kingdoms; Rájput Dissensions, 1184 A.D.,

The Slave Dynasty, 1206-90; Mughal Irruptions,

House of Khilji; Alá-ud-dín's Southern Raids,

House of Tughlak; Forced Copper Currency,

Firuz Shah Tughlak's Canals, 1351-88, .

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227-229

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Timúr (Tamerlane), 1398; Sayyids, Lodís,

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Hindu Kingdoms of the Deccan; Vijayanagar,

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Five Muhammadan States of the Deccan; Bahmaní Kings,

State of India on the Eve of the Mughal Conquest, .

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231-233

CHAPTER X.

THE MUGHAL EMPIRE (1526 TO 1761 A.D.).

Bábar's Invasion; Pánipat; 1526-30,

Humáyún; Sher Sháh the Afghán,

Akbar the Great; his Work in India, 1556-1605,

His Conciliation of the Hindus; Intermarriages,

Akbar's Hindu Ministers; Reforms; Akbar's New Faith,

Akbar's Financial System; Table of his Revenues, .

Revenues of the Mughal Empire, 1593-1761,

Jahangir Emperor, 1605-27; the Empress Núr Jahán,

Sir Thomas Roe, Ambassador; Drinking Bouts at Court,

Shah Jahán, Emperor; the Táj Mahál,

Provinces and Revenues under Shah Jahan,

Aurangzeb Emperor, 1658-1707, .

His Conquest of Southern India; Marhattás,

Aurangzeb's Provinces and Revenues,

The Mughal Empire begins to break up,

Decline and Fall of Mughal Empire, 1707-1858,

Six Puppet Successors of Aurangzeb,

Independence of the Deccan and Oudh,

Northern Invasions; Nádír Sháh; Ahmad Sháh; 1739-61,

Last Battle of Pánipat, 1761; Fall of Mughal Empire,

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CHAPTER XI.

THE MARHATTA POWER (1634 TO 1818 A.D.).

We won India, not from the Mughals, but from the Hindus,

Rise of the Marhattás; Sháhjí Bhonslá, 1634,

The Hindu Party in Southern India,

Sivají the Great, 1627-80,

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259

259, 260

Our Wars with the Marhattás, 1779-81, 1803-4, 1817-18,

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The Last Peshwá a Pensioner,

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CHAPTER XII.

EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS (1498 TO 18TH CENTURY A.D.).

Vasco da Gama's Expedition, 1498,

Portuguese Supremacy in the East; Albuquerque,

Downfall of the Portuguese; their Possessions in 1871,

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267, 268

269

270, 271

271, 272

Naval Fights with the Portuguese; Swally,

Wars with the Dutch; Massacre of Amboyna,

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274

275, 276

Early English Factories in India; Surat, Húglí,

Madras founded; Bombay ceded, .

Calcutta founded, 1686-89,

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278, 279

279, 280

CHAPTER XIII.

THE HISTORY OF BRITISH RULE (1757 TO 1881 A.D.).

First British Territorial Possessions,

281

French and English Wars in the Karnatic; Dupleix, Clive,

281-283

Native Rulers of Bengal, 1707-56; the 'Black Hole' Tragedy, 283, 284

Battle of Plassey, 1757, and its Results, .

Clive, First Governor of Bengal,

Massacre of Patná,

The Grant of the 'Diwání,' 1765,

Administration of Warren Hastings, 1772-85, .

Rohillá, Marhattá, and Mysore Wars,

Administration of Lord Cornwallis; Second Mysore War,
The Permanent Settlement of Bengal, 1793,

Administration of the Marquis of Wellesley, 1798-1805, .

Third Mysore War; Seringapatam, 1799,

Second Marhattá War, 1802-05,

Administration of the Earl of Minto, 1807-13,

Administration of the Marquis of Hastings, 1814-23,

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286, 287

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289

290-294

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294-296

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296-300
298, 299

299, 300

301

301-304

The Nepál War, Pindhárí, and last Marhattá War,

Administration of Lord Ellenborough, 1842-44; Sind War,

310, 311

Lord Hardinge, 1844-48; the Sikhs; first War,

311, 312

Administration of Lord Dalhousie, 1848-56, .

312-317

Second Sikh War to Annexation of Oudh,

313-317

Administration of Lord Canning, 1856-62,

The Mutiny of 1857,

India transferred to the Crown, 1858; Reforms,

Later Indian Viceroys-Lords Lawrence, Mayo, North-

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324-327

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331

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333

333-337

The Land Tax,

Ancient Land System under the Hindus and Musalmáns,

Land System under the Company; the Zamindár, .

Landed Property in India; Growth of Private Rights,

The Land Settlement; 'Survey and Settlement,'

Rates levied under Native and British Rule, .

Permanent Settlement in Bengal,

Land Law of 1859; Rent Commission of 1880,

Temporary Settlements; in Orissa; in Assam,

Ráyatwári Settlement in Madras; Sir Thomas Munro,

Land System of Bombay; the Deccan Cultivator,

The Southern India Agriculturists' Relief Act,

Land System of the N.-W. Provinces and Punjab,

Of Oudh; Central Provinces; Sind,

The Salt Tax; Systems of Manufacture, .

Excise Administration; Distilleries; Breweries,

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335

335, 336

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337-339

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340-342

342-345

344, 345

Taxation under the Mughals and the British compared,

Heavy Taxation in Native States,

Incidence of Taxation in British India,

356

Education in Ancient India; Sanskrit tols; Village Schools,

Primary Schools; Girls' Schools; Normal Schools,

366-368

Origin of Christianity in India; Saint Thomas; Nestorianism, 372, 373

First Catholic Mission, 1550; the Syrian Rite,

Xavier and the Jesuits; de Nobili; de Britto,

The Jesuits suppressed, 1759-73; re-established, 1814, .

Organization of Roman Catholic Missions; their small

Resources, and large Results; Statistics, .

First Protestant Mission, 1705; Danish Lutherans,

Swartz; Kiernander; the Serampur Missionaries,

Bishopric of Calcutta ; Indian Sees,

Presbyterian and other Missions,

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372-374

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376

377

377, 378

378

Statistics of Protestant Missions,

379