Images

An 18th-century engraving by James Gilray of Haidar Ali, ruler of the southern Indian kingdom of Mysore from 1761 to 1782. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

A c. 1804 illustration of Bangalore fort flying the flag of Tipu Sultan (d. 1799), ruler of the Indian state of Mysore.

A c. 1800 painting showing the last stand of Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore in 1799 at the end of the Anglo-Mysore Wars with the East India Company.

An 1838 painting by David Wilkie showing the discovery of the body of Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, in a prison cell in Srirangapatna in 1799 at the end of the Anglo-Mysore Wars.

A 1771 portrait by Tilly Kettle of Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh (r. 1754-1775). (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)

A mid-19th century sepoy musketeer of the Mughal Empire (1526-1857).

A portrait by David Martin of Hector Munro (1726-1805), who led an East India Company army to victory at the important battle of Buxar in India in October 1764. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

The Yamanote Line is a loop rail line that runs around the central part of Tokyo. This map shows how the line developed over time.

The Muromachi side of Tokyo Station at night with tall buildings on the Yaesu side in the background.

View of a steam locomotive on the coast of Yokohama at the time of the opening of Yokohama station, drawing by Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1874. Hessische Kulturstiftung.