Weaving is a very unique human activity. Animals don’t wear clothes, humans wear clothes. The earliest clothes that humans wore were skins of animals. Gradually, it was the bark of plants, and leaves. Later, fibers of plants were gently woven. Eventually, humans discovered the fine art of weaving, the wool of sheep and cotton from plants. The fabric was then dyed in bright colours. A whole industry emerged.

Archaeological evidence suggests that Mesopotamia was the land from where woollen fabric spread across the world. Silk spread across the world from China. India was the land which gave the world cotton as well as jute fabrics. Harappan cities probably exported both cotton and jute.