Textile industry in India

Indian textile industry, or cloth industry, is one of the largest-growing industries India. In India, fibre crops such as cotton and jute are grown in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Sheep are raised for pashmina, popular in Kashmir.

Textile Industry In India Media

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  A woman from Dhaka clad dressed in fine Bengali muslin, 18th century.

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  Textile artists demonstrate double ikat Patola weaving at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

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  Map of Indian Handlooms, 1985, Crafts Museum, New Delhi, India.