European arrival and Company expansion
- European rivalry and the Carnatic wars (1740s to 1763)
- India on the eve of conquest: later Mughals, successor states and Panipat
- The conquest of Bengal: Plassey, Buxar and the dual system
- Anglo-Mysore and Anglo-Maratha wars
- Subsidiary alliance, doctrine of lapse and the annexations of 1843 to 1856
- Company expansion beyond Indian frontiers
- The early Peshwas to Panipat (1713 to 1761)