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  2. Silk in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    Colours of India — silk yarn waiting to be made into sarees, Kanchipuram. In India, about 97% of the raw mulberry silk is produced in the Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. [1] Mysore and North Bangalore, the upcoming site of a US$20 million "Silk City", contribute to a majority of silk production. [2]

  3. Sericulture - Wikipedia

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    Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, the caterpillar of the domestic silkmoth is the most widely used and intensively studied silkworm. This species of silkmoth is no longer found in the wild as they have been modified through selective ...

  4. Murshidabad silk - Wikipedia

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    Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the Mysore state, sent an expert (1780-1790) to Murshidabad (Bengal) to study silk cultivation and processing, after which the silk industry in Mysore first began to grow. [5] The Nawab of Bengal was defeated in the Battle of Plassey, and later control of Bengal came under the East India Company. The company started ...

  5. Wild silk - Wikipedia

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    Wild silks are often referred to in India as 'Vanya' silks: The term 'Vanya' is of Sanskrit origin, meaning untamed, wild, or forest-based. Muga, Tasar, and Eri silkworms are not fully tamed and the world calls the silks they produce as 'wild silks'. [8] India produces four kinds of silk: mulberry, tasar, muga and eri.

  6. Mysore silk - Wikipedia

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    After India gained independence, the Mysore State Sericulture Dept. took control of the silk weaving factory. [6] In 1980, the factory was handed over to KSIC, a government of Karnataka industry. [7] Today, products include silk sarees, shirts, kurta's, silk dhoti, and neckties. Mysore silk has also received geographical identification. [8]

  7. Department of Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi

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    As of 2021, 40% of leather goods exported from India worht ₹ 9,252 crore (US$1.1 billion) are being manufactured in the state. [9] Kanchipuram silk sari is a type of silk sari made in the Kanchipuram region the state which has been recognized as a Geographical indication by the Government of India in 2005–2006.

  8. Assam silk - Wikipedia

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    The knowledge of sericulture probably arrived with the Tibeto-Burman groups which arrived from China around the period of 3000-2000 BC. Moreover, there was another trade of Silk through the Southwestern Silk road which started from China, passed through Burma and Assam, finally getting connected to the main silk road in Turkmenistan.

  9. Pat silk - Wikipedia

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    Pat silk or White pat silk, Mulberry silk of Assam (Assamese: পাট ৰেচম) is a variety of domestic silk in Assam, India. [1] It is usually brilliant white or off-white in colour. Its cloth can dry in shadow. The larvae of the Pat Silkworm's preferred food is nuni (white Mulberry plant: Morus alba) leaves. The silk has a natural ...