Indian Saltpeter: An Epistemic Enquiry
Abstract:
This paper seeks to enquire into the location and positioning of Indian
populace involved with Saltpeter procurement and how the commercial
article became a material metaphor of the eighteenth-century Indian
landscape. The conflict between the English East India Company and the
ruling class in the eastern plains centred around the procurement and
control over Indian saltpeter production.This essay traces the British
interest in Indian saltpeter and the evolving trajectories of the political
economy throughout the early years of colonial expansion in India. In
doing so it would attempt to delve into the conflict and engagement that
arose between the saltpeter manufacturers and the capitalist empire and
locate the colonial discourse on Indian saltpeter.
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