THE ADVENT OF THE PORTOGUESE--THE FIRST EOROPEANS TO LAND IN INDIA WHO MANAGED TO CARVE OUT ENCLAVES OF POWER--SHOWED UP THE CHAOTIC SITUATION IN THIS VAST LAND. THE MIGHT MUGHALS WERE YET TO BUILD THEIR EMPIRE BUT THEY NEVER QUITE GAINED MASTERY OVER THE SEAS; ON THE OTHER HAND , THE COLONIAL EMPIRES WERE BUILTON THE STRENTH OF THE NAVAL POWER OF THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. THIS BOOK REVEIEWS THE TURBULENT PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF INDIA FROM THE DAVNT OF THE EUROPEANS AND THE GRADUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BRITISH RULE OVER INDIA UPTO THE NATION'S INDEPENDENCE FROM THE COLONIAL RULE.
