Meeting the Mughals: Englands disastrous first embassy to India

Published: March 6, 2023, midnight

b'In 1616, when the first English embassy was installed in Mughal India, England was a minor player on the global stage rather than a leading actor. Nandini Das explores what the challenges of this embassy can tell us about England\\u2019s unequal relationship with India at the time \\u2013 and reveals how the future dominance of the British empire was far from a foregone conclusion.\\n\\n(Ad) Nandini Das is the author of Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire (Bloomsbury, 2023). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fcourting-india%2Fnandini-das%2F9781526615640\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'