Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c5.s1.44

v1.c5.s1.44

The same was true for Chinese c. In the late Ming period, the Dutch East India Company established bases for trade with China in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, and used to purchase large amount of Chinese porcelain at very low prices which they would transport to the southeast coast of India, and then ship to Europe. Large amounts of Chinese porcelain have been found in different places in India, not just in the coastal regions but also in the interior, like in Assam in Northeast India. It is apparent that it had become a fashion among the rulers, courtiers and high officials of various Indian states to collect Chinese porcelain at that time.