A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.45
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.45
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¹ [The old town of Kārwār lies three miles to the east of the modern town, the head quarters of the north Kanara District, Bombay. During the first half of the seventeenth century the Desāi of Kārwār was an important official of the Bijāpur Kingdom, and the town had a large export trade in fine muslins, woven at Hubli and other inland places, pepper, cardamoms, cassia and coarse cotton cloth. The fame of the pepper of Sonda induced Sir William Courten's Company to open a factory at Kārwār in 1638. (I.G. Bom., 1909, ii. 103–5.)]