Thugs and Dacoits: Volume VI: The Imperial Archives-From Discovery to the Civilisational Mission: English Writings on India

by Pramod K. Nayar

The volumes focus on select aspects of the British imperial archives: the accounts of "discovery" and exploration - fauna and flora, geography, climate - the people of the subcontinent, English domesticity and social life in the subcontinent, the wars and skirmishes - including the "Mutiny" of 1857-58 - and the "civilisational mission".

This volume documents how the practice of thuggee was viewed by the British before: as if it symbolized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9394701915
• ISBN13: 9789394701915
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic India
• Length: 512 Pages