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An interesting account of the commercial, political and religious enterprises of the Portuguese in Bengal. In the writing of this book the author has quoted an array of authorities to prove his claim that the Portuguese at the beginning of the 17th Century occupied a position in Bengal comparable to that of the British in the middle of the 18th Century. The book is in 3 parts covering 18 chapters. The part cover (a) the rise of Portuguese in Bengal (b) the decline and fall of the Portuguese in Bengal.(c) the relics of the Portuguese in Bengal.