The Indus Civilization c7.9

c7.9

Before leaving the subject of dress it should be mentioned that, though there is proof that cotton fabrics were used at Mohenjo-daro, there is at present no evidence of the use of linen or wool. The existence of linen cloth in Elam at about the same date seems to indicate that it was also known at Mohenjo-daro, and, if not actually manufactured in the Indus valley or elsewhere in India, it may well have been imported, like so many other things, from Elam or Sumer. It is uncertain whether wool was used, though sheep and goats could have provided an ample supply of raw material. Possibly there were also other fibres, such as different kinds of basts, suitable for woven cloth; but the writer has no doubt that, considering their very advanced state of civilization, the people of the Indus valley must have been quite as well provided with various stuffs suitable for clothing and ornamental purposes as any of their contemporaries in other countries.