Download or read book Merchants, Companies, and Commerce on the Coromandel Coast, 1650-1740 written by Sinnappah Arasaratnam and published by Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using fresh empirical data from the records of the Dutch and English East India Companies, the author reconstructs the life and livelihood of India's eastern coastline during the late-medieval and early modern periods.