"There has been a long tradition in the
been a long tradition in the production of silk in India." Explain
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Yes, there has been a long tradition in the production of silk in India. It was long rooted back to the Indus Valley Civilization.
Explanation:
- Evidence suggests that silk threads were long been used from native species in the Indus Valley. And its production dated back to Southeast and particularly China. Because of the increasing demands of silk and fabric of royalty Weaving centers started developing in and around the royal cities.
- Rich merchants also influenced the weaving industries. Weavers of the north were influenced by merchants of Persia, Turkey and other central Asian countries.
- While the weavers of Gangetic plains Agra, Fatehpur, Sikri, Murshidabad, and Lahore were highly influenced by the workshops held by Akbar those days by incorporating merchants west and weavers from Gujarat and Syria etc.
- Meanwhile, silk in the northeast parts was highly influenced by the traders of central Asia and the southwest. Few of the persisting designs were the outcome of Persian and Indian fusion.
- Weaving, textile and silk production has got special encouragement during the Mughal Era thereby its emergence in India.
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