HISTORY
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Cotton & silk
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Cotton only
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Cotton, wool & silk
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Cotton & wool
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is cotton and wool. The Indus Valley people wore clothes made of cotton and wool.
Detailed explanation-2: -Such cloth could have been made of linen, cotton, or wool/animal hair. Skins also may have been used for cold weather and to make items like belts, quivers, etc.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Farmers in the Indus valley were the first to spin and weave cotton. In 1929 archaeologists recovered fragments of cotton textiles at Mohenjo-Daro, in what is now Pakistan, dating to between 3250 and 2750 BCE. Cottonseeds founds at nearby Mehrgarh have been dated to 5000 BCE.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the Indus Valley, the ancient known evidence for cotton fibre are threads used to string copper beads in 6000-5500 BCE in Mehrgarh.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: People in the Indus Valley Civilization used to wear lower and upper garments chiefly made of cotton. The rich section of society used to wear woolen clothes during winter. Skirts, cloaks and scarfs were the main dress of women while for men the dresses included dhoti and shawl.