The New Cambridge History of India : M.N. Pearson. The Portuguese in India /
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: The new Cambridge history of India ; I, 1Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: xviii, 178 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780521257138 (hardback)
- 0521257131 (hardback)
- 9780521028509 (pbk.)
- 0521028507 (pbk.)
- 22 954.004691 PEA
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Reprint. Originally published: 1987.
1. The Portuguese arrival in India 2. The system in operation 3. Evaluation of the official system 4. Indo-Portuguese society 5. Catholics and Hindus 6. Decline and stagnation 7. Toward reintegration
The Portuguese were the first European power in Asia. Here Dr Pearson gives a clear account, written from an Indian point of view, of their activities in India and the Indian Ocean from the sixteenth century onwards, laying particular stress on social, economic and religious interaction between the Portuguese and the Indians
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-176) and index.
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