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A painting showing Nepalese Gurkha soldiers in 1815 as they would have appeared in the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-16).

A 19th-century portrait by Martin Archer Shee of Francis Rawdon, 1st Marquess of Hastings. An experienced military commander, Rawdon was made Governor-General of the East India Company in 1813, a position he held until 1823. (National Gallery...

A kukri knife traditionally used by Nepalese Gurkhas.

An 1805 illustration showing the peace conference which concluded the Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1819) between the East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy.

An 1807 coloured engraving showing the East India Company commander General Gerard Lake (1744-1808) victorious at the battle of Laswari in November 1803 against the Maratha Confederacy during the Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1819). (Brown University...

Copper alloy hoe blade with socket, from Ur, Early Dynastic III, 2600-2300 BCE. The British Museum, London.

A 19th-century illustration showing Colonel Maitland of the East India Company leading a failed attack on the Maratha fortress of Bhurtpore in India in 1805 during the Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1819). (From The Illustrated History of India...

An 1815 illustration by J.C. Stadler showing the battle of Assaye in India on 23 September 1803. The battle was fought between the East India Company, led by Arthur Wellesley, and the Maratha Confederacy. The battle, won by the EIC, was part...

Maximilien Robespierre is arrested by soldiers loyal to the National Convention, in the early morning hours of 28 July 1794. Engraving by Michael Sloane, c. 1794. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

The bandaged Maximilien Robespierre is carted off to the guillotine, 28 July 1794. Painting by Alfred Mouillard, 1884.