H G Keene

The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan H G Keene

The rise and meridian of the Moghul Empire have been related in Elphinstone's "" History of India: the Hindu and Mahometan Period; "" and a Special Study of the subject will Also be found in the "" Sketch of the History of Hindustan"" published by the present writer in 1885. Neither of those works, however, undertakes to give a detailed account of the great Anarchy that marked the conclusion of the eighteenth century, the dark time that came before the dawn of British power in the land of the Moghul. This book gives a detailed account of the last days of the Islamic Moghul Empire at the end of the 18th century and the dawn of British colonial power in the area