It spurred other European nations to explore and set up colonies .
Portuguese navigators started Europe's colonization of Asia. Europeans longed for the exotic goods the Indians had to offer and paid for them with silver bullion. Different from other emperors, the Mughals, from India, fostered trade and encouraged prosperity within the subcontinent. The Mughal emperors sponsored the cultivation of cotton, sugar cane, silk, tobacco, and indigo. With the prosperity of the Portuguese trade, other European nations developed economic and colonists intentions towards the Indian empire.
