Many experts agree that primitive gins and spinning
wheels originated in India. The earliest samples of
cotton fabric were found in the excavations of the
Indus Valley. Samples of the most ancient mordant
dyeing technique for cotton fabrics, Kalamkari, were
also found there. The Puranas describe spinning and
weaving that match the modern concept of an industry.
The fibers used for spinning and the fabrics produced
were of the most varied types, unparalleled in any
other country during that period. Pliny's Natural
History informs that India exported to Rome large
quantities of sheep wool, woolen fabrics, colored
carpets, silks, cotton clothes, and fabrics ranging
from coarse canvas to textiles of the finest texture.
Ancient Indians had the reputation of making the
thinnest saree that could pass through a finger ring.
During the reign of Julius Caesar, the Roman Emperor,
the British did not know weaving and lived naked.
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