From Pushpapura to an Opium Cantonment: Valentia’s Day in Bankipur
How the East India Company turned the Mauryan capital’s ground into a depot for China’s addiction and Britain’s gunpowder
How the East India Company turned the Mauryan capital’s ground into a depot for China’s addiction and Britain’s gunpowder
Shah Alam II, the 11th descendant of Aurangzeb singlehandedly ruined whatever was left of the Mughal Empire. It is a truly deplorable story.