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Introduction; 1. India in the Indian Ocean trade, c.1500; 2. ThePortuguese in India, 1500-1640; 3. The European trading companies, exportsfrom Europe and the generation of purchasing power in Asia; 4. The companiesin India: the politics and the economics of trade; 5. Euro-Asian andintra-Asian trade: the phase of Dutch domination, 1600-1680; 6. The VOC andthe growing competition by the English and the French, 1680-1740; 7. Thesupremacy of the English East India Company, 1740-1800; 8. European trade andthe Indian economy; 9. Conclusion.