Textile Production and Export: Indian Cotton and Silk Industries from Mauryan to Mughal Periods (c.3rd century BCE–17th century CE)

1. Indian cotton textiles enter wider Mediterranean knowledge

   Jan 1, 400 BCELabels: Indian cotton, Mediterranean trade

   • Britannica
   • Roots

2. State oversight of textiles in the Arthashastra

   Jan 1, 300 BCELabels: Arthashastra, State officials

   • Hindu Archive
   • Pritchett
   • New Indian Express

3. Periplus records cotton and silk exports from India

   Jan 1, 50Labels: Periplus, Western Indian

   • ToposText
   • Periplus

4. Roman complaints highlight scale of luxury cloth imports

   Jan 1, 77Labels: Pliny the, Roman Empire

   • Roots
   • Uzramma PDF

5. Indian cloth fragments appear in Red Sea archaeology

   Jan 1, 400Labels: Berenike, Red Sea

   • Roots

6. Silk-weavers’ guild commemorated by Mandasor inscription

   Jan 1, 436Labels: Mandasor inscription, Silk weavers

   • Guilds note

7. Indian textiles persist through early Islamic Ocean trade

   Jan 1, 700Labels: Islamic Ocean, Indian textiles

   • Roots

8. More Indian textile finds dated to early medieval Egypt

   Jan 1, 900Labels: Quseir al-Qadim, Fustat

   • Roots

9. Patola silk weaving linked to long medieval history

   Jan 1, 1100Labels: Patola, Gujarati silk

   • Britannica
   • Met Museum

10. Mughal karkhanas expand organized textile production

    Jan 1, 1550Labels: Mughal karkhanas, Mughal Empire

    • Karkhanas

11. Golconda chintz emerges as a major export textile

    Jan 1, 1550Labels: Golconda chintz, Golconda

    • Chintz
    • AD chintz

12. East India Company begins large-scale cloth exports

    Dec 31, 1600Labels: East India, English company

    • Cornell
    • Scroll V A
    • WHE EIC

13. European demand accelerates for muslins, calicos, and chintzes

    Jan 1, 1694Labels: Muslin, Calico

    • WHE EIC
    • Cornell