Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c4.s2.73

v1.c4.s2.73

Chinese silk and silk fabrics were introduced into India before our era but in the neighbourhood of China, Khotan was the first place to practice mulberry planting, sericulture and silk reeling. Tibet and Yunnan had known how to feed silkworms and reel silk. It is possible that Indians learned to make silk from these places but it is uncertain when.