The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c8.s13.54

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Very little light is thrown by the Vākāṭaka documents on contemporary economic conditions. The Deccan and Teḷaṅgana were famous for their fine muslins in the second century A.D. and we may presume that the cloth industry continued to flourish during our period. Paithan was one of its most important centres. Contemporary records show that the different trades were organized into autonomous guilds elsewhere in India; earlier Deccan records prove that they were very popular in that province also in the Sātavāhana period. We may therefore well conclude that they were equally efficient and popular under the Vākāṭakas and that the non-occurrence of any mention of them in their records is purely accidental.