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2. Muslin - Wikipedia

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   The earliest specimen of Indian fine cotton cloth (like muslin) was found in Egypt as a mummy shroud around 2000 BC. The first commercial mention of Indian cotton is found in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (63 AD). The book mentions the export of fine cotton textiles from different parts of India to Europe.

3. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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4. Khasa (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   Khasa was a cotton fabric softer than longcloth and more closely woven than muslin. [4] [5] It is described as having been soft and closely woven, with a fine texture. [2]In the 16th-century emperor Akbar's time, khasa was considered to be one of the best and most expensive types of cotton cloth.

5. History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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   The British also impacted the textile industry in India because of industrialization and using their own mills instead of artisans in India. This led to the unemployment of many Indians. Later, Gandhi called for Indian people to make and wear their own hand-spun clothing, called khadi cloth, as a sign of resistance against the British. [21]

6. Piece goods - Wikipedia

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   India was famous for its handloom cotton piece goods. Many fabrics of coarse to fine cotton qualities such as Baftas, calicos, and muslins were used to be exported during the Mughal era. There are records stating that in 1664 the East India Company imported 273,746 pieces of cotton cloth from India (approximately 4.2 million sq. meters). This ...

7. Madras (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and tartan design, used primarily for summer clothing such as pants, shorts, lungi, dresses, and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former name of the city of Chennai in south India .