Explore 18th-century North India’s political landscape in “North India Between Empires.” Richard B. Barnett examines Awadh’s rise amidst the Mughal decline and British East India Company’s expansion. Discover how Awadh’s strategic resource management and manipulation of political rules prolonged its sovereignty. A crucial study of India’s pre-colonial political evolution, regional resilience, and British expansion (ISBN: 9788185054247).