what was the reasons behind the entry of European Merchants into India?
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Portuguese were the first to arrive at India for the trade and were also the last to leave India on the sea route. After Vasco da Gama, Francisco de Almeida arrived in India as the Viceroy of Portuguese. He implemented “Blue Water Policy” in order to establish the supremacy over the Sea instead of supremacy over lands
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The European merchant were attracted to India by the wide variety of spices , less tax on import and export, cheap but fine clothing material like cotton and silk which could be purchased for less money and sold back in Europe at much rate giving high profits.
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