Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779 1859) was a colonial official who
spent his career in India, eventually becoming governor of Bombay
in 1819. Before that he was resident in Poona (Pune) during the
final days of the Maratha empire. He was fluent in Persian and took
an interest in the culture of the region. This report, however,
published in 1821, is a political work. The report describes the
western Indian territory that the British had acquired by 1818, and
Elphinstone provides a geographical overview of the area and the
people who lived there. He then gives a brief sketch of Maratha
history before moving on to the crux of the work: how to administer
the territory, with the question of how to raise more revenue being
of especial importance. This report provides a first-hand example
of the inner workings of the British Empire in India.
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