The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.20
The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c22.20
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c22.20
Ibn Batuta compliments the Marathas of the region round Daulatabad and Nandurbar on their skill in arts; but what particular arts he was referring to is difficult to ascertain, as he does not mention them. Marco Polo refers to the mat industry flourishing in southern Gujarat and northern Maharashtra in the 13th century when beautiful mats in red and blue leather, exquisitely inlaid with figures of birds and beasts and skilfully embroidered with gold and silver, used to be exported in large quantities from these provinces.(23) It is not improbable that this industry too, which was prospering in the 13th century, may go back to our period.