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INDIA: China Swamps Handloom Silk Industry

INDIA: VARANASI, Dec 22 (IPS) - Legend has it that Indias famed handloom silk industry began around 300 A.D. after a Chinese princess smuggled out the eggs of the silkworm moth and the seeds of the mulberry tree in her headdress. More ...

From BHARAT DOGRA, Inter Press Service,  22 Dec 2008

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