Why Surat began to decline in the end of 17th century ?? plz give answer in points.
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(ii) Competition from Bombay (present-day Mumbai) where the English East India Company shifted its headquarters in 1668.
(iii) Domination of the sea routes by the Portuguese
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Surat began to decline towards the end of the seventeenth century because of many factors:
(i) the loss of marketplaces and yield because of the failure of the Mughal Empire(ii) Competition from Bombay (present-day Mumbai) where the English East India Company shifted its headquarters in 1668.
(iii) Domination of the sea routes by the Portuguese
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