Long before satellites, colonial powers used hand-drawn maps not to navigate, but to dominate. In India, cartography became a ...

The East India Company’s royal charter gave it the ability to “wage war,” and initially it used military force to protect itself and fight rival traders. In 1757, however, it seized control ...

“ Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company ” is on view at the Wallace Collection in London through April 19, 2020.

The art show, titled ‘A Treasury of Life: Indian Company Paintings c. 1790-1835’, is on at DAG in central Delhi till June 28.