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Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners
Explain the process of cloth making.
The process of cloth making is explained below:
(i)The first stage of production was spinning - work done mostly by women. The charkha and the takli were household spinning instruments.
(ii)The thread was spun on the charkha and rolled on the takli. When the spinning was over the thread was woven into cloth by the weaver.
(iii)In most communities weaving was a task done by men. For coloured textiles, the thread was dyed by the dyer, called rangrez. For painted cloth the weavers needed the help of specialist block printers called chhipigars.
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