These include cotton Jacquard, damask Jacquard, silk Jacquard and faux-silk Jacquard. Some styles of Jacquard fabrics are made with tone-on-tone silk and cotton, while others are made with just a single fabric.
India unified as a single entity for the first time under the rule of the great emperor Chandragupta Maurya (340 BC â 298 BC). Before his rule most of the south Asia was divided into small states whereas Gangetic Plains were ruled by the Nanda Dynasty.
At the age of 18, Ashoka was made Viceroy of Avanti. Ashoka was born in 304 BCE during Chandragupta Mauryaâs time (Chandragupta Maurya died in 298 BCE when he was 6). At the age of 18, he was made Viceroy of Avanti, a province in Ujjaini.shoka Ruled For 40 Years. While Chandragupta Maurya ruled for 24 years, Bindusara his scuccessor for 25 years, Emperor Ashoka, the third Samrat of the Mauryan Empire ruled for 40 years.