Question

Make a chart or an illustrated story of the history of textiles in India.

Answer 1

Indian textiles started with Indus civilization.

Explanation:

• The Harrapan civilization was familiar with weaving and spinning of cotton for as long as four thousand years ago.
• India also traded textiles during the early centuries.
• The major component of economic income in India before the English colonies was the textile industry.
• Karl Marx said, 'The hand-loom and the spinning-wheel, producing their regular myriads of spinners and weaver, were the pivots of the structure of that society'.
• Indians traded a large quantity of north Indian silk through the silk route in China to the western countries.