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Best black troops in the world : British perceptions and the making of the sepoy, 1746-1805 / Channa Wickremesekera.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wickremesekera, Channa, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Armed Forces.
- History.
- India--History, Military.
- India.
- History, Military.
- India--Armed Forces--History.
- Physical Description:
- 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Manohar, 2002.
- Summary:
- British perceptions on the Indian soldiers in the formation of the East India Company's army.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Europe and India: A Clash of Military Cultures 33
- Chapter 2 British Perceptions and the Emergence of the Sepoy Army, 1746-1800 76
- Chapter 3 The Sepoy Army in the Making: Recruitment, Command and Discipline, 1746-1800 96
- Chapter 4 The Sepoy at War, 1746-1805 130
- Chapter 5 The Sepoy and British Perceptions 158.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-205) and index.
- ISBN:
- 8173044260
- OCLC:
- 51162837
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