Om Prakash was Professor of Economic History at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. His publications include European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-colonial India (1998); European Commercial Expansion in Early Modern Asia (1997); Precious Metals and Commerce, The Dutch East India Company in the Indian Ocean Trade (1994); The Dutch East India Company and the Economy of Bengal 1630- 1720 (1985) and The Dutch Factories in India 1617-1623 (1984).
The late Denys Lombard was Director of the Ecole Francaise d’Extreme- Orient, Paris. His publications include (with R. Ptak), ed., Asia Maritime: Images et re?alite?s/Bild und Wirklichkeit, 1200-1800 (1994); Le carrefour javanais, Essai d’histoire globale (1990); (with Jean Aubin), ed., Marchands et Hommes d’affaires asiatiques dans l’Ocean Indien et la Mer de Chine 13e-20e siecles (1988); (with Claudine Salmon), Les Chinois de Jakarta, temples et vie collective/The Chinese of Jakarta, Temples and Communal Life (1977); Le Sultanat d’Atjeh au temps d’lskandar Muda (1607-1636) (1967); La Chine impe?riale (1967).