Pondicherry: That Was Once French India
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Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788174369864
Length
152p., 6 Pages; Illustrations; Colour; Maps; Colour; 25cm.
Subjects
At the pinnacle of French power in India, Pondicherry sparked the imagination of those back home. Pondicherry was the French window on Indian culture, proudly seen as the Gallic Gateway of India. For over three centuries this gateway witnessed the busy trade of spices, beautiful textiles, woven cloth and later peanuts in return for a steady flow of gold, silver, weapons, merchants, priests, soldiers, and adventurers. Later, as the English tightened their noose ...
