In a fluctuating, temperamental town, the English East India Company chose to anchor its factory in a house of ‘stone and excellent Timber….very strong, for that each Floor is half a Yard ...

They failed to compete and The East India Company turned their attention to southern India. When further English requests for trading privileges were turned down, the East India Company blockaded ...

What lay at the core of successful Indian enterprise at a time when the ascendancy of the new power, the English East India Company, and of British capital swept all competition away? How did ...

Rajaraja Chola's successor, Rajendra, built alliances with Tamil merchant corporations: a partnership between traders and government power that foreshadowed the East India Company - a powerful ...