Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART 1: TRADE; 1. Maritime Trade in the Indian Ocean, c. 1600-1800; 2. Armenians in Bengal Trade and Politics in the Eighteenth Century; 3. No Ready Money? No Problem! The Role of Hundis (Bills of Exchange) in Early Modern India, c. 1600-1800; 4. Indo-Persian Relations through Traders in the Pre-Modern Era; 5. Multiple Currencies and their Complementary Relationship: The Indian Scenario: Early Modern Era; 6. The Armenians in Dhaka; PART 2: POLITICS. 7. Sirajuddaullah, the English Company and the Plassey Conspiracy: A Reappraisal8. The Surat Crisis of 1669: A Case Study of Mercantile Protest in Medieval India; 9. The Imperatives of the Empire: Private Trade, Sub-imperialism and the British Attack on Chandernagore, March 1757; 10. Greased Cartridge and the Dharma Sabha: A Myth Exposed; PART 3: SOCIETY; 11. Medieval Indian Society, State and Social Custom: Sati as a Case Study; 12. 'First Ladies' of Early Eighteenth Century Murshidabad: Contrasting Roles and Characters; 13. Birth and Expansion of Orientalism: Calcutta Madrasah. 14. Identity and Composite Culture: The Bengal Case15. Poetical Narratives and Historical Reality: A Study of the Bengali Literature, Fifteenth to Eighteenth Century; 16. The Calcutta High Court: A Historical Perspective; Index.