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Historical Sketches of the South of India: In an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor, from the Origin of the Hindoo Government of That State, to th

Historical Sketches of the South of India: In an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor, from the Origin of the Hindoo Government of That State, to th

Wilks, Mark

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Indian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1108056113
ISBN13: 9781108056113
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 28 2013
Pages: 608
Weight: 3.16
Height: 1.23 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: English
Classically educated, Mark Wilks (c.1760-1831) joined the Madras army of the East India Company and would go on to serve as political resident at the court of Mysore from 1803 to 1808. He also later served as governor of Saint Helena from 1813 to 1816, during which time he witnessed the arrival of Napoleon Bonaparte. Elected to the Manx parliament in 1816, Wilks became its speaker in 1826 and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in the same year. Drawing on state records and his own experiences, he first published this acclaimed three-volume history of the kingdom of Mysore between 1810 and 1817. Volume 2 details the first (1767-9) and second (1779-84) Anglo-Mysore wars, concluding with the death of Hyder Ali (c.1720-82) and the accession of Tipu Sultan (1750-99).

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