In Delhi’s support for Arab Gulf, a return of the Bombay school of thought
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The Bombay School saw India’s security beginning at sea. Its leading figures — John Malcolm and Mountstuart Elphinstone — viewed Persia and Arabia as the natural outer ring of India’s defence.