generate questions: In 1634, the Mughal emperor extended his hospitality to the English traders to the region of Bengal, and in 1717 completely waived customs duties for the trade. The company's mainstay businesses were by then cotton, silk, indigo dye, saltpetre, and tea. The Dutch were aggressive competitors and had meanwhile expanded their monopoly of the spice trade in the Malaccan straits by ousting the Portuguese in 1640–41. With reduced Portuguese and Spanish influence in the region, the EIC and Dutch East India Company (VOC) entered a period of intense competition, resulting in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Name the wars that was caused by the intense competition between the EIC and Dutch East India Company {sep_token} what caused the Dutch to expand thier spice trade in the malaccan straits? {sep_token} How important were cotton, silk, indigo dye,saltpetre and tea to the company? {sep_token} what year did the Mughal emperor completely wave customs duities? {sep_token} who did the Mughal emperor extend hospitality to? {sep_token} what region was made available to english traders by  the Mughal emperor? {sep_token} in 1717 what made the region of Bengal  so appealing to English traders? {sep_token} why type of  dye was one of the East  India company's main  products? {sep_token} Who were the main competitors that  had a monopoly of the spice trade in Malaccan? {sep_token} what wars was a result of the competitive nature of the mulitple trading companies in the 17th and 18th centuries? {sep_token}