Indian Textiles and the World Market

Why do you think the act was called the Calico Act? What does the name tell us about the kind of textiles the act wanted to ban during ${18}^{th}$ century?

What problems did the Indian textile industry face in the early years of its development? 
 

What kinds of cloth had a large market in Europe?

How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?

Why did the wool and silk producers in England protest against the import of Indian textiles in the early eighteenth century?

What do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?

India's textile exports declined in the _____ century. (eighteenth/nineteenth)

The word chintz comes from the word _____. (chhint/chana)

What is bandanna?

What is Jamdani?