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Mention the two natural advantages that India had in cotton weaving.
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Solution
- India had two natural advantages in cotton weaving.
- The first was that cotton grew in almost all parts of India, so that the basic raw material was easily available.
- Second, the technology of producing a permanent colour on cotton using vegetable dyes was known from very early times in India.
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