The great market of Calcutta and the commercial heart of the Indian city, off Chitpur Road north of Lal Dighi.
Description
The great market of Calcutta and the commercial heart of the Indian city, off Chitpur Road north of Lal Dighi. Textiles, spices, metalwork, grain, and money. Marwari and Bengali trading houses operate here on a scale that rivals anything in White Town and on terms the Company does not set.
Mullick’s world. The merchant consortium that funds Ghosh’s temple and pressured the printers who refused Roy operates from compounds in this district.
Notable Features
- A European asking questions here is an event, and the account of it reaches the people asked about before the European reaches home.
- Mullick’s compound. Genuine patron, genuine philanthropist, and the financial conduit for the temple. All three at once.
- The printers. Gangadhar Dutta’s press stands off Chitpur Road on the edge of this district. See Lot Fourteen and Calcutta Investigation Locations.
The Senses
- Smell. Cardamom, asafoetida, raw cotton, jute, hot ghee, and under it the dense animal warmth of a covered market.
- Sound. A wall of it. Bargaining in four languages, brass being worked, handcarts, and somebody counting coin very fast.
- Colour. Bolts of cloth stacked to the ceiling in every colour there is, and above them the brown gloom of awnings and matting roofs.
Connections
Appearances
Relationships
- Part of Calcutta 1814 — The great market of the Indian city
- Controlled by Baijnath Mullick — His consortium operates from this district