Early English East India Company Factories

By the end of the first quarter of the 17th century (up to 1625), the English East India Company established factories at Surat, Broach (Bharuch) , Ahmedabad, and Agra. Chicacole (Srikakulam) and Trichinopoly (Tiruchirappalli) were regions where trading posts or administrative influences developed much later under distinct historical contexts. > During its initial decades, the English East India Company concentrated its factory networks along the western coast and Mughal heartland. Answer: (a).