The Age of Indian Textiles


 
 
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The Age of Indian Textiles

The Age of Indian Textiles: Silk and cotton products of India dominated the international market before the age of machine industries.  Armenian and Persian merchants took the finer qualities of cotton from Punjab to Afghanistan, Eastern Persia and Central Asia. Surat, Masulipatam and Hoogly were the most important ports, which were used for trade. Supply merchants gave advances to the weavers and obtained the finished woven cloth. At the port, the big shippers and export merchants had brokers who negotiated the price and bought the products from the supply merchants.

 
 


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