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Surat Tapti river factory town

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Sea potterySea pottery
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: 1600s-1800s factory-era glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

The great Mughal-era port where English and Dutch factories operated from the 1610s, its Tapti riverfront and old walled city holding deep trade deposits before Bombay eclipsed it.

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