Himalayas, Mughals, and the British 1550-1857. I. A Very Brief History of Nepal 500 BCE Terai Gangetic Plain Gana-sabha 300-1400 CE Kathmandu ValleyTibet.

Himalayas, Mughals, and the British 1550-1857

I. A Very Brief History of Nepal 500 BCE Terai Gangetic Plain Gana-sabha 300-1400 CE Kathmandu ValleyTibet Bhaktapur MallasPatan

II. Sanskrit Literary Culture & Puranic Kingship 16th century Patan Visnusimha Vishnu Divine mandate Kashmir

III. Mughal Challenges in the Deccan Aurangzeb 1658-1705 Punjab-Bengal Southern Peninsula Power on the move Military dependency Maratha Shivaji

IV. Challenges to Mughals After Aurangzeb Zamindar Princely ruler Provincial governor/collector Delhi PunjabRajput Awadh/Oudh Lucknow Bengal

V. Early British Presence: British East India Company 1600 Asian trade Mughal arrangements 1700 Madras, Bombay/Mumbai, Calcutta

VI. EIC Presence Intensifies 1750-1857 BengalBiharOrissa Collector1765 Trade shift Wealth drain Home Charges

VII. Producing India Colonial/global World markets Trade zones Raw materials Manufacturing Import/export tariffs Transport networks

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