The first British ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe, presented his credentials in 1615 at the court of the Mughal Emperor, Jehangir, but the empire was collapsed within a century and a half. The East India Company was a British company that was established to trade in silk and spices, but it ended up trading in conquest as well. They displaced nawabs and maharajas for a price, and took over their states through various methods. The British East India Company subjugated a vast land through the power of their artillery and the cynicism of their amorality. They were carelessly destructive of art and greedy for gain. The British East India Company, a trading company, invaded and destroyed the Indian civilization of which Durant was so astonished and outraged. Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 1

Insights on Shashi Tharoor's Inglorious Empire It conquered and absorbed a number of states, and imposed executive authority through a series of high-born governors-general appointed from London. #4 The East India Company, with an army of 260,000 men at the start of the nineteenth century, extended its control over most of India. #3 The East India Company was a British company that was established to trade in silk and spices, but it ended up trading in conquest as well. #2 The British East India Company subjugated a vast land through the power of their artillery and the cynicism of their amorality. #1 The British East India Company, a trading company, invaded and destroyed the Indian civilization of which Durant was so astonished and outraged.

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