By the time Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Sleeman (1788–1856) published this two-volume work in 1844, he had been living in India for more than thirty years. Volume 2 considers aspects of British governance in India, such as tax and the justice system.
The British administrator William Sleeman toured the kingdom of Oude in... Læs mere
By the time Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Sleeman (1788–1856) published this two-volume work in 1844, he had been living in India for more than thirty years. Volume 1 draws from his extensive travels and discusses aspects of Indian life.
William Henry Sleeman (1788–1856) was a British administrator in India who was keen to eradicate thuggees, criminal gangs who robbed... Læs mere