General editor: C.A. Bayly

Catalogue of the exhibition by the National Portret Gallery. From the great Mughal Empire and the formation of the East India Company to the withdrawal of the British in 1947, the exhibition brings to life vividly the wealth of India, the rise and expansion of British power and the struggle which ended in Independence. Together with this magnificent catalogue, which illustrates over five hundred of the exhibits displayed, it is a unique and timely contribution to our understanding of the complex and multi-faceted relationship which developed between India and Britain over three hundred and fifty years.