The Raj: India and the British, 1600-1947
- ISBN-10
- 1558598480
- ISBN-13
- 9781558598485
- Category
- India
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994-06
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press
- Author
- C. A. Bayly
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