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Heyaaa ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥Who were gomasthas???

Answer 1

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Gomastha described an Indian agent of the British East India Company employed in the Company's colonies, to sign bonds, usually compellingly, by local weavers and artisans to deliver goods to the Company. The prices of the goods were fixed by the gomasthas. The goods were exported by the Company to Europe and America.

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Answer 2

✨The East India Company appointed gomasthas to supervise weavers in India to establish a more direct control over the weavers, free of the existing traders and brokers in the cloth trade.✨

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