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There was textile trade in India during the early centuries. Cotton fragments from Gujarat have been found in tombs of Egypt, indicating the existence of export of Indian textiles to Egypt during the medieval era. [10] Large quantities of north Indian silks were traded through the Silk Road in China to the western countries(130 B.C.E. - 1453 C ...
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 ]
India also has a great diversity [1] in terms of weaves, fibers, colors, and the material of clothing. Sometimes, color codes are followed in clothing based on the religion and ritual concerned. The clothing in India also encompasses a wide variety of Indian embroidery, prints, handwork, embellishments, and styles of wearing clothes. A wide mix ...
India had a 25% share of the global textile trade in the early 18th century. [79] Indian cotton textiles were the most important manufactured goods in world trade in the 18th century, consumed across the world from the Americas to Japan. [76]
Textile museums in India (3 P) Pages in category "History of the textile industry in India" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The textile industry in India traditionally, after agriculture, is the only industry that has generated huge employment for both skilled and unskilled labour in textiles. The textile industry continues to be the second-largest employment generating sector in India. It offers direct employment to over 35 million in the country. [25]
Mashru has been primarily produced in Punjab, Sindh [8] and western parts of India. [9] [10] [11] It is a double-layered material with a thick cotton base and covered with an almost single stranded silken warp and woof. Mashru is a stout, silken, warp-faced fabric textile with a variegated pattern. In its weaving, the loom brings the cotton ...
Bengali muslin was associated with the power and elegance of the Mughal court in India, as shown in this 1665 depiction of princes Dara Shikoh and Sulaiman Shikoh Nimbate Mughal Empress Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Jahangir by Bishandas in a translucent muslin gown c.1627 Processes in the Manufacture of Dacca Muslins, in: John Forbes Watson: The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the ...