THE

RISE AND EXPANSION

OF THE

BRITISH DOMINION IN INDIA

Oxford

HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

THE

RISE AND EXPANSION

OF THE

BRITISH DOMINION

IN INDIA

BY SIR ALFRED LYALL

K.C.B., D.C.L.

THIRD AND ENLARGED EDITION

WITH MAPS

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET