About the Author

Sailendra Nath Sen is a former Professor of History, University of Calcutta, an Honorary Professor of History there since 2005, and a Fellow, Asiatic Society. He has produced pioneering works on the history of the Marathas including Anglo-Maratha Relations during the Administration of Warren Hastings, 1772-1785 (1961, repr 1994) and Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-1796 (1974, 1994). His two-volume project on the history of the Marathas entitled Fall of the Maratha Empire, 1796-1818, is forthcoming. Professor Sen's other publications include Ancient Indian History and Civilization (2nd edn, 1999), History of the Freedom Movement in India (1998), A Text Book of Indian History and Culture (2007), An Advanced History of Modern India (2010), and A Textbook of Medieval Indian History (forthcoming).