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Sadras

Also known as Sadurangapattinam

Sadras, now Sadurangapattinam, is a coastal village south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. In the 17th century the Dutch East India Company built a fortified trading post there to buy cotton textiles woven in the area. The remains of the Dutch fort, with its warehouses and cemetery, are a protected monument.

Sadras
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Dutch Coromandel

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sadras. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sadras
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