Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c18.206

c18.206

Weaving was a national industry controlled by the Officer called *Sūtrādhyaksha* who employed qualified labourers to manufacture yarns (*sūtra*), shirting (*varma*), clothing (*vastra*), and ropes. Women labour, the labour of widows, crippled women, ascetic women, and *Devadāsīs* who were no longer employed in temples, was specially employed to cut wool, fibre, cotton, hemp, and flax. Wages were paid according to quantity and quality of output.