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vi INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR the Bombay coast, the Madras coast, and the Bengal coast, forming the basis eventually of the three great organized presidencies of Hindustan and the absolute dominion of England which made India a part of the British Empire. The narrative of the successive events by which all this was gradually accomplished forms one of the most instructive chapters in the world's history and is to be commended to the thoughtful reader. A. V. Williams Jackson.
