how was cotten production and distribution done in india before the machine age?
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1.Before the age of machine industries,cotton goods from India dominated the international market in textiles. Coarser cottons of finer varieties were produced in India.
2.Bales of fine textiles were carried on camel back via the north-west frontier, through mountain passes and across deserts to Persia and Armenia. A vibrant sea trade operated through the main pre-colonial ports- Surat , Masulipatam and Hoogly with Southeast Asia.
3.A variety of Indian merchants and bankers were involved in this network of export trade – financing production, carrying good sand supplying exporters. Supply merchants linked the port towns to the inland regions.
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