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Bengal's Silk Revolution: The Rise of the Muslin Trade
While we have covered the political upheavals and agricultural foundations of Bengal, this episode turns to the fabric that built its global reputation. We explore the legendary Muslin trade of Dhaka in the 17th and 18th centuries, a luxury commodity so fine it was dubbed 'woven air’ by European traders. Lucas traces the journey of the Kalka cotton from the riverbanks to the royal courts of Mughal emperors and the palaces of Versailles. We meet the master weavers whose hands could spin threads thinner than a spider’s web, and the Dutch and British East India Companies who tried to…
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