List of Fifgures -- List of maps -- Acknowledgements -- Note on translation and transliteration -- Chronology -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A time of trouble -- 2. Negotiating the disinformation order -- 3. Warfare and 'wanton provocations' -- 4. The price of pageantry -- 5. Weak ties in a tangled web -- 6. Kinship, gender, and dynastic dramas -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
An important new account of how the East India Company established a transregional system of indirect rule in nineteenth century India
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index
