Answer:
(i) Amongst weavers, some produced
coarse cloth while others finer cloth.
(ii)
The coarse cloth was bought by the poor and its demand fluctuated.
(iii)
In times of bad harvests and famines, rural poor could not possibly buy the
cloth.
(iv)
But the rich could buy this finer cloth, when the poor starved. So famines did
not affect the sale of Banarasi or Baluchari saris.
These
weavers lived hard lives and worked for long durations. Very often, the entire
family, including women and children had to work to survive.
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