(i) Gomastha were paid servants who were appointed by the East India Company to supervise weavers, collect supplies and examine the quality of cloth. (ii) (a) The gomasthas were outsiders & had no social link with villages. (b) They were arrogant. (c) They marched into village with sepoys and peons. (d) They punished weavers for delay in supply. (e) The weavers could not sell their cloth to other buyers because they had to sell to the company due to the loans they took from them. (f) They had to accept the price offered by the company to them, although it was very low.