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.
The Gupta Empire (Sanskrit: à¤à¥à¤ªà¥à¤¤à¤¸à¤¾à¤®à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤à¥à¤¯, Gupta SÄmrÄjya) was an ancient Indian empire, founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta, which existed at its zenith from approximately 320 to 550 CE and covered much of the Indian Subcontinent.