The Portuguese overseas empire was named as "Estado Da India" and its initial objective was to establish monopoly over trade of Black Pepper and spices of the East. Portuguese used force to earn money, for which they used unique methods such as,
1) forced the Asian traders and ships to pay security duties.
2) the security tax charged by Portuguese for the sea route under their control was known as Cartaze. Under this system, each ship had to purchase entry pass from the Portuguese viceroy.
Indian trade with Japanese was a contribution of Portuguese (Copper and Bronze were imported from Japan).
Several words of Portuguese language are found in Indian language such as Kamraa, Kameej and Kunji. Tobacco, Maize, Potato, Papaya, Guvava, Alfanso Mango, Hukka and cultivation of Cauliflower are all the contribution of Portuguese.
Catholic Christianity in India was also brought by Poruguese.
In 1565, Portuguese established the first printing machine in India and the first book printed was on medicinal plants.
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