This collection deals with the French who lived in India between 1550 and 1857, sharing their know-how and skills with the Indian states they served. The first volume concerns Delhi and Agra, capitals of the Mughal Empire and some principalities like Gohad, Bharatpur (Jats), Aligarh (Marathas and Sindhia), and Sardhana (Colonel and Begum Sumroo), which became independent when the empire started disintegrating in the eighteenth century.These Frenchman loved ...
