Picking up where accounts of the empire’s greatness leave off, Keene follows the Moghul state from the mid-eighteenth century as Afghan invasions, Maratha armies, Rohilla chiefs and ambitious ministers fight over a shrinking throne. The emperors in Delhi become pawns, until the British and Mahadji Sindhia step into the vacuum.
A clear narrative of a chaotic era by a historian who served in India. Download the free EPUB.