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Silk Route in India
Craft and Industrial Towns into prominence also because of cotton textile
industries and Moradabad due to its brass
Some towns developed because there lived
industries.
craftsmen of a particular article, such as Bidar where
a large number of craftsmen working in Bidri lived. Military Towns
Similarly, Varanasi and
Some towns came into prominence because they
Kanchipuram came into
were suitable for garrisoning the army. These
prominence due to its rich towns were so located that the army can train
embroidered sarees.
during peacetime and move from there to the
Some towns developed battle scene with minimum of time and resources.
because of a particular type of Some of such towns were Ambala in Punjab,
industry in a place, such as Meerut in Uttar Pradesh and Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
Ahmedabad and Surat came Banarasi sarees
Towns, Traders and Craftsmen
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