[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c21.s16.1 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s16.1 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s16.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.s16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s16.1) Defined as woven fibres or fabric in any media, especially cloth, ancient Indian textiles were mainly constituted of wool (\*ūrṇā\*), silk (\*kauśeya\*), linen (\*aumaka\*) and cotton (\*kārpāsa\*) according to literary and inscriptional evidences. The subcontinent is believed to be the homeland of cotton, for the Babylonian and Greek terms for cotton, \*sindhu\* and \*sindon\* respectively, appear to have been derived from Sindhu, i.e., the Indus region. - [Previous: v1.c21.s15.t1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s15.t1.5) - [Next: v1.c21.s16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s16.2) - [Up: v1.c21.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s16.1) · Pramāṇa