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write the history of silk ......with an example​

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Answered by TheBadSoorat
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          Silk fabric was invented in Ancient China and played an important role in their culture and economy for thousands of years. Legend has it that the process for making silk cloth was first invented by the wife of the Yellow Emperor, Leizu, around the year 2696 BC.

  • Silk is a fabric first produced in Neolithic China from the filaments of the cocoon of the silk worm. It became a staple source of income for small farmers and, as weaving techniques improved, the reputation of Chinese silk spread so that it became highly desired across the empires of the ancient world.
  • Silk was used for other purposes than clothing such a paper, fishing lines, bowstrings, and canvas for painting. Around the thirteenth century, Italy became one of the major producers of silk .
  • Silk was such an important product from China that the trade route from Europe to China became known as the Silk Road.

In India

  • Although silk first finds mention during the Vedic period, dating back to about 5000 BC, when silk and silk garments were known to Indians.
  • There are five major types of silk of commercial importance, obtained from different species of silkworms. These are Mulberry, Oak Tasar & Tropical Tasar, Muga and Eri. Except for mulberry, other non-mulberry varieties of silks are wild silks, known as vanya silks.
  • In India, about 97% of the raw mulberry silk is produced in the five Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir. Mysore and North Bangalore, the upcoming site of a US$20 million "Silk City", contribute to a majority of silk production.

Example :- Main Products of Silk are shirts, ties, blouses, formal dresses, high fashion clothes, lingerie, pyjamas, robes, dress suits, sun dresses and kimonos .

  • Smooth and creamy chocolate truffles called Silk truffles.
  • It is also used in furniture applications and wall hangings.
  • In past, silk was used in parachutes, bicycle tires, comforter filling and gunpowder bags.

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Answered by chandrasekaranc242
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Origins in China.The origin of silk production and wearing is ancient and clouded in legend.The industry undoubtedly began in China,where according to native record,it existed from sometime before the middle of the 3rd millennium nce.

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