question_answer 13)

In 1805, a British official Benjamin Heyne, listed the manufactures of Bangalore which included the following  Women's cloth of different musters and names Coarse chintz Muslins Silk clothes Of this list, which kind of cloth would have definitely fallen out of use in the early 1800's and why?  

Answer:

In the early 1800s, the East India Company was exporting a large quantity of silk clothes, coarse chintz and muslin to England, as such clothes were not available in England or even in Europe. Due to this, such cloth material became expensive in India and so they fell out of use. Also, western clothes were influencing the men in Indian society and they were adopting to the mill-made clothes quickly. This further led to reduction in use of silk, coarse chintz and muslin.