Trade in India

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The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal Hendrik van Schuylenburgh (c. 1620–1689), oil on canvas, 1665

So much is happening in this painting of a Dutch East India Company trading post in India. Ships sail the Ganges River, a Dutch director visits an Indian dignitary and, in the upper right, a religious ritual takes place.