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A Man Called Mouse Clay Lane

In an enduring fable from the Kathasaritsagara, an Indian merchant explains how he acquired his nickname.

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Blind Date Sir Bernard Burke

After two punishing years rising to the top of the East India Company’s armed forces in India, Robert Clive could not spare the time to go courting.

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How the Cobra Got His Spectacles John George Wood

John Wood shares the wonder of the Indian cobra’s hood, in science and in myth.

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Hyder Ali and Tipu Clay Lane

The British encountered no stouter resistance in India than Mysore’s gifted commmander Hyder Ali and his son, Tipu.

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Job’s City of Joy

The East India Company’s top agent in India was also the man who put Calcutta on the world map.

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Justice and Equity Harsukh Rai

After the East India Company quieted the Maratha Confederacy in 1805, Harsukh Rai looked forward to a new era of good government.

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