HSTR 347A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mughal Empire, French India, Chintz
2 Apr 2016
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Portuguese power (don"t have the same diplomacy/admin power but more interested in religious endavours) and english monopolies (in contrary, when company started, no missionaries) Company trade (official trade) and illicit trade back to representative entreprise . Other companies : french / danish / swedish all of them following engl + portuguese preedents. Asian emires european trade shifting politics decrease of mughal empire. No customs to pay militarized resource to make sure that they won"t pay any taxes why official india so open : silver. Practices of settlers : adam smith is focusing on that. The place of monopolies : created by companies to dominant trade and asia need to be overcome engl settlers trapped with monopolies, force to do in direction they don"t need to go to. Chaudhuri : not aware of broader history in asia. Mughal empire 1526 mid 19th century. North and north central india : strategical locations. Elite persian cultures : then persia very quickly indianized.
