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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 March 2014
      02 June 2011
      ISBN:
      9780511873485
      9781108144070
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511873485
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      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 410 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social and Population History, Area Studies, South Asian History, British History after 1450, Asian Studies, History
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, South Asian History, British History after 1450, Asian Studies, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
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    This work, reprinted from the 1901 Census of India Series in 1902, examines the growth of the great Indian port city, giving contemporary statistics as well as recounting its long history before and during British rule (the East India Company had begun trading there in the 1660s). The editor, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes (1873–1927), was a civil servant based in Bombay. Using sources from travellers' accounts to official documents, this work tells the story of Bombay, 'one of the most splendid of Imperial Cities', as Edwardes describes it. Starting in prehistoric times, he discusses the topography of the city, its prosperity through trade and its early rulers, before moving on to the significance of Hinduism and Islam, the arrival of the Portuguese and finally the establishment of British rule. Illustrated with maps and photographs, this work gives a vivid history of the development of one of India's most important cities.

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