This is Volume V of eleven in a series on India: History, Economy and Society. Originally published in 1950, this study charts the history from the Rise of the British power in 1757 to the Accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of the Indian subcontinent. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.