Field notes, v1753
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'61 Jan. 16. to China or India. Zol said the opportunity of the people was more toward India than China. The infiltration was accepted by India. Now, however, China is claiming areas at E & W ends of Himalayas and their soldiers have come over the Himalaya crest and have moved into valleys that open out into the Indian plains. India feels if she allows such "nibbling" to continue, no telling where it will stop. This evening Dr. Dart filled me in on a little Indian history. He told about Fatehpur Sikri, a sandstone city just outside Agra. The Shah Jahan had it built. He was a Mogul Ruler of the 16th or 17th century. After the city was finished, a minor aqueduct was discovered. No water was available. The Mogul Empire preceded the British. The British started at Calcutta as the East Indian Company (private). Military outposts arose to protect company. The British began to expand and to play one Indian state against another and sometimes got involved in battles. The Red Fort in Delhi is a remnant of the Mogul Empire. The common man probably had a rough time under the Moguls.