Trading Posts
←Patna Cossimbazar Dhaka→ Murshidabad Pipely Balasore Map of the main trading posts of Dutch Bengal (note: Patna and Dhaka slightly out of position).Dutch settlements in Bengal include:
- In Chhapra was a salpeterfactory
- Baleswar or Balasore (1675 -)
- Patna
- Cossimbazar or Kassamabazar
- Malda
- Mirzapur
- Baliapal or Pipeli, the main port for the Dutch between 1627–1635
- Murshidabad (1710–1759)
- Rajmahal
- Dhaka (1665-)
- Sherpur
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