Question

In Picture 2 what do you understand by the Company’s “superior weapons”?

Answer 1

Technologically, the East India Company was far superior to the Indian princes, who were constantly at war with each other. The English men had access to better quality weapons. This prompted the Indian princes to seek their help in their fights. These internal rivalries helped the East India Company subdue the Indian princes one by one, and finally gain control over the whole of India.