Question

1. Which industries flourished in
2. Discuss the state of urban economy in Pre-British India?
3. Which Indian textiles were popular in the European countries?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Agricultural and handicraft industry were interdependent and thus the village republics were able to function independently. Indian villages were almost self-sufficient in respect of daily necessities excepting commodities like salt, spices, fine cloth, luxury and semi-luxury goods.

Printing cotton cloths were called chintz, cossaes or khassa and bandanna. From the 1680s there started a craze for printed Indian cotton textiles in England and Europe mainly for their exquisite floral designs, fine texture and relative cheapness. Other cloths that were Kasimbazar, Patna, Calcutta, Orissa, Charpoore.