Question

How did jahangir deal with European traders?

Answer 1

the dutch the French and the Danes in India during the 17 and 18 century

Answer 2

The decline of Mughal Empire became advantageous for Europeans who were eyeing on India. Though they approached India for trading business, their main motive was to loot India of its wealth. Europeans could easily fight the newly formed small states than the actual mighty Mughal Empire. Moreover Europeans were good sea fighters and Mughal emperors never felt the importance of sea. So they had no good navy.

 

European traders

Portuguese were the first European traders who came to India. They established themselves at Goa. They maintained naval supremacy for many decades and dominated Indian overseas trade with trading taxes from Asian and Indian traders. Later few other Europeans came to India as trading companies. These trading companies shared their expenses and profits

 

Why did Europeans come to India?

The factors which welcomed European traders into India are:

Huge demand for goods from India like textiles and spices.Arabs had the monopoly over the trade of Indian goods. And obviously Arabs demanded huge price from European merchants. This provoked European merchants to trade directly with India.European merchant community became very wealthy and thus there was a sharp increase in the production of goods. Hence they were exploring new markets to trade their goods. Also they were in need of large quantities of raw material at low rates for their industries.

Following are various centers and the raw materials they supplied:

CentersRaw materialsWest coastCotton textiles and IndigoMalabar coastSpices and PepperMadras coastSugarBengal coastSilk and Salt pe