The Dutch Factories in India 1624 - 1627 The records of the Dutch East India are recognized to be a major source material on Indian history for the 17th centuries. The company established in 1602, was the biggest trading entity of its time. About Author : Prof. Om Prakash retired recently as Professor of Economic History at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He is a foreign Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science, Amsterdam and of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science, Haarlem, The Netherlands. Contents : Preface List of Documents Introduction Documents Appendix 1: Documents not includedAppendix 2: Names of the Ships that carried the documents from and to IndiaAppendix 3: Additional Copies of the documents Appendix 4: The old numbers of the V.O.C. volumes BibliographyGeneral IndexIndex to Textiles Geographical Index Index of Persons' Names Index of Ships' Names