2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A STUDY ON THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL CHANGES OF AN INTERNATIONAL PORT CITY IN GUJARAT, INDIA DURING THE 17TH-18TH CENTURIES

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19520605
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Asian history
Research Institution	University of Nagasaki
Principal Investigator	NAGASHIMA Hiromu University of Nagasaki, 経済学部, 教授 (10145964)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	ムガル朝期インド / 英領期インド / グジャラート地方 / スーラト / 港市社会変容過程 / 東インド会社
Research Abstract	The aim of this study was to trace the process of social changes of Surat, an international port city in Gujarat Province in India, from the Mughal period to the English colonial period. First, I reviewed recent foreign studies on the history of Surat in the Mughal period. Secondly, I studied the locations of the European factories and their ownership. Thirdly, I compared the distribution of the wards in Surat with that in Nagasaki. These studies show that the Mughal control over the merchants and factories at Surat was not so strict as Tokugawa government's control over Nagasaki was and that political power of the English factory at Surat gradually increased in the 18th century.