Merchants and Rulers in Gujarat: The Response to the Portuguese in the Sixteenth Century

Merchants and Rulers in Gujarat: The Response to the Portuguese in the Sixteenth Century offers a compelling reevaluation of the Portuguese influence in early modern South Asia, specifically in Gujarat. Challenging the notion that the Portuguese were a mere prelude to the larger colonial enterprises of the Dutch and British, this study posits that their impact during the sixteenth century was profound and disruptive. Unlike the Dutch and English, who integrated as additional foreign merchan...