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There were two active textile centres in the Central Deccan, namely Tagara (Ter) and Paithan (Pratiṣṭhāna, the Sātavāhana capital). Excavations at Ter have yielded a number of vats for dyeing cloth. Similar vats were found at Arikamedu (near Pondicherry, Tamilnadu). A brick-built dyeing vat has been unearthed at Uraiyur a suburb of Tiruchirapalli town in Tamilnadu. These structures belonged to the Ist-3rd centuries A.D. and signified vigorous national and international trades.