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. minor line of the Gupta clan continued to rule Magadha after the disintegration of the empire. The Guptas were ultimately ousted by Vardhana ruler Harsha Vardhana, who established the Empire of Harsha in the first half of the 7th century.