Explain any two observations made by Buchanan that helped the English East India Company to expand its trade in India.

Solution

Buchanan was an employee of the British East India Company. He marched everywhere with a large army of people-draughtsmen, surveyors, palanquin bearers, coolies etc.
The accounts of Buchanan:
(i) He searched for minerals and stones that were commercially valuable, he recorded all signs of iron ore and mica, granite and saltpetre. He carefully observed local practices of salt-making and iron ore-mining.
(ii) He was inevitably critical of the lifestyle of forest dwellers and felt that forest had to be turned into agricultural lands.

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On an outline map of the subcontinent, mark out the areas described in this chapter. Find out whether there were other areas where the Permanent Settlement and the Ryotwari system were prevalent and plot these on the map as well.

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Colonialism And The Countryside

Explain any two observations made by Buchanan that helped the English East India Company to expand its trade in India.

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