Thursday, 21 May 2020

How did the East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from Indian weavers?

The English East India Company used different means to procure
silk and cotton from the weavers:

→ Appointment of paid supervisors called Gomasthas. They also
collected supplies and examined cloth quality of the weavers.

→ Prevention of Company weavers from dealing with other
buyers through a system of advances and loans.

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