Is it true that on the Bay of Bengal, Masulipatam (1611) was the site of the first British commercial outpost?

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The above statement is true.
The settlement has been around since the Satavahana era in the third century BCE, when Ptolemy claimed it was then known as Maisolos. It is referred to as Masalia in the first century BCE's Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. Southeast India's Coromandel Coast is where the port is located. Vegetable-dyed paintings and textiles made in the Kalamkari style are famous in Machilipatnam. The method of painting was known as "Kalamkari Painting" since a kalam (pen) was employed in the process. Western traders became interested in this art throughout the 17th century. On the Bay of Bengal, Masulipatam (1611) was the site of the first British commercial outpost. The city was held by the French and Dutch from 1686 until 1759, when it was eventually turned over to the British after they had taken the city and fort from the French in that year.

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