Consider the following statements-
1. In the middle of the 18th century, the French and the British East India company initiated a protracted struggle for military control of South India.
2. The period was marked by shifting alliances between the two East India companies and the local powers, mercenary armies employed by all sides, and general anarchy in South India.
3. Cities and forts changed hands many times, and soldiers were primarily remunerated through loot.
4. The four Anglo-Mysore Wars and the three Anglo-Maratha Wars saw Mysore, the Marathas and Hyderabad aligning themselves in turns with either the British or the French.
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