Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t10.1

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Now we come to the various manufacturing industries prevalent in those days. Next to agriculture, spinning and weaving was the most important industry. The cloth makers (*nantikka : kolia*) are described as one of the five important craftsmen, others being the potters, the carpenters, the black-smiths and the barbers.¹¹⁷ Mention is made of dealers in dussa (*dosiya*), yarn (*sottiya*) and cotton (*kappāsiya*). Then there were tailors (*tunnāga*), weavers (*tantuvāya*) and makers of silken cloth (*pattakūla*).¹¹⁸ The *sivaga* (tailors) and *chimpāya* (calico printers, *chimpi* in Hindi) were included among important craftsmen.¹¹⁹