TABLE OF CONTENTS; DEDICATION; PREFACE; CHAPTER I -- ST THOMÉ; CHAPTER II -- KAVERIPAK; CHAPTER III -- PLASSEY; CHAPTER IV -- KONDUR AND MACHHLIPATANAM; CHAPTER V -- BIDERRA; CHAPTER VI -- UNDWAH NALA; CHAPTER VII -- BAKSAR; CHAPTER VIII -- PORTO NOVO; CHAPTER IX -- ASSAYE; CHAPTER X -- LASWARI; CHAPTER XI -- FIRUZSHAHAR AND SOBRAON; CHAPTER XII -- CHILIANWALA AND GUJRAT; REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER