| BOMBAY | British East India Company base |
| PUNJAB | Region of north-west India annexed by the British East India Company in 1849 (6) |
| PLASSEY | Battle of ?, 1757 conflict that saw victory for the British East India Company under Robert Clive ov |
| PENANG | Malaysian state founded by the British East India Company in 1786 (6) |
| SEPOYS | Troops in the service of the British East India Company, who instigated the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (6) |
| CLIVE | Robert of the British East India Company |
| ELIHUYALE | British East India Company governor |
| TEA | British East India Company product |
| YALE | Famous university, named after its British benefactor, Elihu, a merchant and East India Company official (4) |
| TEAS | East India Company wares |
| SEATRADE | Business of the Dutch East India Company |
| TASMAN | Navigator, best known for two voyages (in 1642 and 1644) undertaken for the Dutch East India Company (6) |
| IMARI | The style of porcelain from Japan exported through this Kyushu port and reaching Europe by means of the Dutch East India Company |
| SINGAPORE | Now a city-state, it was founded by Stamford Raffles of the East India Company in the early 19th century (9) |
| STARPAGODA | Coin worth approximately 8 shillings issued by the East India Company at Madras |
| URDU | Official language of Pakistan, chosen by the East India Company in 1837 to replace Persian (4) |
| PEACOCK | Thomas Love ---, English novelist, poet and official of the East India Company (7) |
| INDIAMAN | Large sailing ship trading for the East India Company before 1858 (8) |
| HYDERALI | Leader of resistance to the East India Company in 18th century Mysore (5,3) |
| RAFFLES | A clerk in the East India Company who founded the modern state of Singapore (7) |
