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Cotton
Cotton is a plant fibre spun and woven into textiles, one of the most important traded commodities in history. Indian cotton textiles were exported widely under the Gupta, Mughal and Maratha empires, and cotton was cultivated in Central Asia and the Punjab. In the industrial era, cotton manufacturing was central to the economy of the British Empire.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cotton. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cotton
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