Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s2.t1.17

c6.s2.t1.17

Gujarat was similarly rich in the manufacture of cloth. The silks of Cambay (Khambayat) were among the costly goods which were controlled by Sultan Ala-ud-din Khalji in Delhi. Their use was confined to the great nobles.³ Barbosa tells us that Cambay was the centre of manufacture for all kinds of fine and coarse and printed cotton cloth, besides other cheap varieties of velvets, satins, taffetas and thick carpets. Varieties of printed cloth and ‘silk muslins’ were also manufactured in other parts of Gujarat.⁴