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India had developed an advanced system of agriculture, industry, and trade long before the rise of the imperial Guptas.
The economic stability and prosperity facilitates all-round cultural progress made during this period.
The agriculture system was well developed and scientific methods were used to increase agricultural production.
The Amarakosha and Brihat Samhita contain special chapters on the study of plants and gardens, forest, crops, manure, etc.
Various branches of industry had developed because of the abundance of raw materials and the skill and enterprise of the artisans and the craftsmen.
The literary works also describe a large variety of clothing such as cotton, silk, wool, and linen.
Hiuen-Tsang described the classification of Indian clothing materials under the heads as - silk, cotton, linen, wool, and goat hair.
Amarakosha mentions various terms used for the finer and coarser varieties of cloth as well as for unbleached and bleached silk.
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