CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. EARLY COMPETITION FOR INDIAN COMMERCE .... 1 II. INFLUENCE AND CONNECTION OF POLITICS IN EUROPE AND ASIA 35 III. CONSOLIDATION OF THE ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY . 56 IV. THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANIES . . 75 V. THE FRENCH IN INDIA UNDER DUPLEIX 103 VI. THE SECOND FRENCH WAR 136 VII. THE CONQUEST OF BENGAL 156 VIII. THE SITUATION IN BENGAL 176 IX. THE MARATHAS AND MYSORE 198 X. ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION . . . . . .216 XL THE GOVERNOR - GENERALSHIP OF WARREN HASTINGS . . 237 XII. THE INTERVAL BETWEEN HASTINGS AND CORNWALLIS . . 265 XIII. THE ADMINISTRATION OF LORD CORNWALLIS .... 281 XIV. THE GOVERNOR - GENERALSHIP OF LORD WELLESLEY . . . 306 XV. THE STATIONARY PERIOD 343 XVI. THE GOVERNOR - GENERALSHIP OF LORD HASTINGS . . 363 XVII. COMPLETION OF DOMINION ....... 385 XVIII. INDIA UNDER THE CROWN 427 XIX. THE BRITISH DOMINION IN ASIA . . . . . . 469
