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100			_aKiran Singh
245		0	_aTextiles in ancient India
260			_aVaranasi
260			_bVishavidyalaya prakashan
260			_c1994
300			_a192p.
520			_aDr. Kiran Singh's book deals with the history of Indian Textiles from very early times to the Mauryan period. Textiles form an integral part of material culture everywhere. It has a wide coverage dealing with subjects such as raw materials of textiles, spinning, weaving, dyeing, embroidery, trade and com merce-internal as well as foreign-trade routes, labour, and guilds which regulated economic activity. The book contains many maps, plates and pictures which illustrate several things relating to textiles. Altogether the present book presents a comprehensive, balanced and straightforward account of a highly important aspect of economic life in ancient India. The specialist and the general reader, both will find the book on Indian Textiles extremely useful.
650			_aEcology and processing of plant
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