Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners
Observe the pictures and answer the questions that follow:
(i) What is it? What design does it carry?
(ii) Mention one features of it.
(iii) Name the two states where these designs were mostly produced.
(i) It is an odhni. It carries bandanna design.
(ii)In this odhni, two tie-and-dye silk pieces are seamed together with gold thread embroidery.
(iii) Rajasthan and Gujarat.
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What kinds of cloth had a large market in Europe?
What is jamdani?
What is bandanna?
Who are the Agaria?
The word chintz comes from the word __________.
Tipu’s sword was made of _________ steel.
India’s textile exports declined in the ____ century.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their history?
Why did the wool and silk producers in England protest against the import of Indian textiles in the early eighteenth century?
How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
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