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d. 1613 England

William Finch (died 1613) was an English merchant in the service of the East India Company (EIC). He travelled to India along with Captain Hawkins during the reign of the Mughal emperor Jehangir.

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Here [at Ayodhya] are also the ruins of Ranichand[s] castle and houses, which the Indians acknowledge for the great God, saying that he took flesh upon him to see the tamasha of the world.

W. Foster EARLY TRAVELS IN INDIA Quoted from Narain, Harsh (1993)

William Finch writing at Agra in about 1610 says that “in hunting the men of the jungle were on the same footing as the beasts” and whatever was taken in the game was the king’s shikar (or game), whether men or beasts.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Finch (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.