Textiles & Craft
Jute cultivation and processing
ancient onwardBengali farmersHistorical & trade recordBengal
1,500 BCE
Long-standing cultivation of jute, exported as raw fibre for ropes and cordage.
- Dated
- 1,500 BCE–500 CE
- As scholars put it
- ancient onward
- Originator
- Bengali farmers
- Source text
- Historical & trade record
- Region
- Bengal
- Discipline
- Textiles & Craft
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Modernised into a major industry under the British Raj.
Fair to say
Cultivation is ancient; industrial processing was modernised in the 19th c.
Path to modern innovation
Jute is a key natural fibre ('the golden fibre').
Transmission
Raw jute exported to the Western world.
References
- 1Encyclopaedia Britannica: jute
Further reading
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