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Sir James Lancaster: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Sir Thomas Roe: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Jahangir as the Millennial Sultan: © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA/Bridgeman Images
New East India House: © London Metropolitan Archives, City of London/Bridgeman Images
East India Company ships at Deptford, 1660: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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Mughal Emperor Alamgir Aurangzeb: © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Shivaji Bhonsle: © The Trustees of the British Museum
Nader Shah: © The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford MS. Ouseley Add. 173, fol. 29v
Nader Shah with Emperor Muhammad Shah Rangila: © RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris)/Thierry Ollivier
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A Leisurely Ride by Nainsukh: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Europeans Besiege a City: © The Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin CBL In 59.10
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Aliverdi Khan goes hawking: © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved/Bridgeman Images
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Siraj ud-Daula and women: Collection of Czaee Shah, Image © 2017 Christie’s Images Limited
Siraj ud-Daula dancing: © 2017 Christie’s Images Limited
Shahmat Jang enjoys a musical performance: Lent by the Estate of the late Major General Sir John Swinton. Photography by John McKenzie for L&T
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Robert Clive at the Battle of Plassey by William Heath: © National Army Museum, London/Bridgeman Images
Mir Jafar Khan, 1760: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Lord Robert Clive, c. 1764 by Thomas Gainsborough © National Army Museum, London/Bridgeman Images
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Mir Jafar and his son: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Mir Qasim: © William Dalrymple
Khoja Gregory, known as Gurghin Khan: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Official in Discussion with a Nawab: © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Captain James Tod rides an elephant: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Sir Hector Munro, attributed to David Martin: © National Portrait Gallery, London
Madras sepoys: © National Army Museum, London/Bridgeman Images
British Officer in a Palanquin: © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved/Bridgeman Images
A Military Officer of the East India Company: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Robert Clive: © National Portrait Gallery, London
The Young Warren Hastings: © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Shah Alam reviewing the Troops of the East India Company: By kind permission of the Trustees of Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
Shuja ud-Daula, Nawab of Avadh: By kind permission of the Trustees of Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
The royal procession of Shah Alam: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Nana Phadnavis by James Wales: By kind permission of the Trustees of Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
Sepoys of the Madras Infantry: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Battle of Pollilur: Mary Evans/© Otto Money (photography by AIC Photographic Services)
Edmund Burke: © National Portrait Gallery, London
Philip Francis: © National Portrait Gallery, London
Warren Hastings: © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Mahadji Scindia in Delhi: © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved/Bridgeman Images
Qudsia Bagh Palace: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The blind Shah Alam II: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Lord Cornwallis receiving the sons of Tipu Sultan: By kind permission of the Trustees of Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
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Daulat Rao: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Richard Wellesley by John Philip ‘Pope’ Davis: © National Portrait Gallery, London
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