The Political Theory of the Indian Mutiny Author(s): F. W. Buckler Source: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 5 (1922), pp. 71-100 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3678458 Accessed: 02-04-2016 04:42 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Royal Historical Society, Cambridge University Press are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Transactions of the Royal Historical Society This content downloaded from 140.127.23.2 on Sat, 02 Apr 2016 04:42:42 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms THE POLITICAL THEORY OF THE INDIAN MUTINY By F. W. BUCKLER, M.A., F.R.HIsT.S., Allen Scholar in the University of Cambridge. Read January 12, 1922 THE " Mutiny " was the summary of the rise of the British in India, and, as the cry of the Sepoys at Meerut was " Delhi, Delhi," it is in Delhi that the key to a political theory must be sought.1 The scope of this paper is limited, therefore, to the light thrown upon the subject by " the proceedings of the trial of the King of Delhi."2 Its object is to examine afresh this document as a test for a theory of the relations between the East India Company and the Mughal Empire, and consequently of the nature of the rise of the British in India.