Indian Society And The Making Of The British Empire
- ISBN-10
- 0002100177
- ISBN-13
- 9780002100175
- Category
- India
- Pages
- 230
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Author
- Christopher Alan Bayly
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- 1988-03-31
- 248 pages
- Paperback
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- 1987
- 230 pages
- Paperback
- Cambridge University Press
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