LONDON: PRINTED BY

SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH

OF

THE NATIVE STATES OF INDIA

IN SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCE WITH THE

BRITISH GOVERNMENT

WITH A NOTICE OF THE MEDIATIZED AND MINOR STATES

BY

COLONEL G. B. MALLESON, C.S.I.

BENGAL STAFF CORPS

GUARDIAN OF HIS HIGHNESS THE MAHARÁJÁ OF MYSORE, AND AUTHOR OF
'HISTORY OF THE FRENCH IN INDIA' ETC.

It is only by attracting attention to the prominent figures in Indian history, by casting light upon the salient features of their career and making them stand out boldly from the canvas, that it will ever be possible to interest the general reader in Indian affairs' THE TIMES, Feb. 20, 1872

LONDON

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1875

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