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Examine the factors which were responsible for opening and development of European trade in India during the 16th and 17th centuries.

  • UPSC 2006
  • Economy and Society in the 16th and 17th Centuries

The expansion of European trade with India between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries was not a sudden rupture but the convergence of political stability in Asia, a Europe-wide hunger for Asian commodities, and a shift in maritime technology and organization.

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  • The Rise of Stable Asian Empires
  • Demand-Side Pull from Europe
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