João Araújo

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For Powis is simply awash with loot from India, room after room of imperial plunder, extracted by the East India Company (EIC) in the eighteenth century. There are more Mughal artefacts stacked in this private house in the Welsh countryside than are on display in any one place in India – even the National Museum in Delhi.
João Araújo
Powis Castle
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
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