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The discovery of a fragment of a maddar-dyed fabric at Mohenjo-daro is a strong evidence to prove that the mordant process of dyeing cotton cloth was known in India 5,000 years ago. The hundreds of references in our ancient texts about dyed cotton fabrics in different colours with different floral and geometrical designs suggest that dyers of ancient India knew the use of mordants and selection thereof for different types of textiles.