Battle of Plassey

A Coleman white gas lantern mantle glowing at full brightness

Facsimile of the Einstein–Szilard letter

Corybantian dance , the type of dance most likely danced on Gymnopedia festivals (image from Smith 's Dictionary of Antiquities ).

Robert Clive bribed Mir Jafar — commander of the opposing army — before a single shot was fired. The battle lasted three hours; the subcontinent's fate was sealed in a monsoon-soaked mango grove in 1757.