The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c9.s5.t2.57

c9.s5.t2.57

Reacting to this statement, A. Jan Qaiser of the Aligarh Muslim University in his harsh review of the book observes: Is Lal really ignorant of the fact that the Indians were being increasingly exposed to a number of European articles of technology and culture brought by the Europeans during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century? (*The Indian Historical Review*, 1991, p. 346). The poor man does not realise that he is only confirming my assertion that the Indian nobles were being *only* exposed (whatever he may mean by the word) to articles *brought* by Europeans. On their own they were incapable of doing anything more.