ABSTRACT
There have been a number of studies of the early history of Bombay since the publication of these lectures. One of the areas of study has been British trade in Surat in the seventeenth century, although little has been done on the Parsi role there. Perhaps the biggest single development in the history of western India in the seventeenth century is the increased use of Portuguese sources, but thus far the only use made of these in Parsi studies is a 1930s publication on Rustom Maneck. The main publication on social change in Bombay at the turn of the nineteenth twentieth centuries is the proceedings of a Bombay seminar organised by Professor Nawaz Mody. There have been two studies of major Parsi industries, the Tatas and the Godrej industries, and one of a major Trust. There have been a number of publications on Parsi politicians, two on Pherozeshah Mehta, several on Dadabhai Naoroji.
