Project Gutenberg 2008-09-14 Public domain in the USA. 161 Barlow, Glyn The Story of Madras Reading ease score: 60.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Story of Madras" by Glyn Barlow is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work explores the rich history of the city of Madras, presenting it as a significant yet often overlooked part of India's past. The narrative is structured into vignettes that detail the development of Madras from its early days as a rural settlement into a bustling city shaped by various cultural influences and trade dynamics. The opening of the book sets the stage by providing a snapshot of Madras in its infancy around the year 1639, when it was nothing more than a small fishing village called "Madraspatnam." Glyn Barlow introduces Mr. Francis Day, the East India Company's representative, who is on a mission to find a favorable location for a new settlement. As he navigates through the challenges posed by existing powers, including the declining Portuguese influence, the narrative illustrates the intricate interplay between commerce and politics that ultimately leads to the establishment of the city's foundations. The early interactions with local rulers, the picturesque descriptions of the landscape, and the budding ambitions of European traders captured in these initial chapters provide a compelling portrayal of the forces that shaped what would become a pivotal urban center in colonial India. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Madras (India) DS Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General 259323 259275 2024-10-11T10:53:23.747588 2023-09-12T04:13:00.683777 text/html text/html 250481 2021-01-04T03:40:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1699834 2021-01-04T03:40:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1830119 2024-10-11T10:53:32.064542 application/epub+zip 1832211 2024-10-11T10:53:26.884567 application/epub+zip 163443 2024-10-11T10:53:25.433534 application/epub+zip 1975541 2024-10-11T10:53:35.860587 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1934679 2024-10-11T10:53:30.933521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247835 2022-09-12T10:25:26.982153 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213777 213561 2024-10-11T10:53:22.910560 2023-09-12T04:13:00.053800 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 213583 2021-01-04T03:40:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 78238 2021-01-04T03:40:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 213594 2021-01-04T03:40:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 78205 2021-01-04T03:40:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20872 2024-10-11T10:53:36.002473 application/rdf+xml 12577 2024-10-11T10:53:25.999528 image/jpeg 3488 2024-10-11T10:53:25.717557 image/jpeg 1782648 2024-10-11T10:53:23.849557 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog