International Research Journal of Education and Technology

Indias handloom and colour dyed garments have been plundering the hearts of people since ancient times. India is known as the “Sindu Desham” because in the Greek language “Sindan” means cotton. The India has been considered as cotton producing country by the Greeksand the production was exported to Western countries and respective landmarks were found in Egypt Pyramids. Today's Machilipatnam known as “Masulipatam” a cloth called as maslin cloth woven from the same “Masula” area which was also called as “ravasella“. These thin cloths and the dead bodies of Egyptian Pharaoh Kings were coated with natural chemicals and the mummies were kept in “maslin” clothes duly covered in twenty four layers to place in the Pyramids. The historical investigations ascertained that the said rolled cloth belongs to this area which was produced in Machilipatnam called as Northern Coromandel and reached the coast of Africa duly taken by the traders beyond the Red Sea. The importance of these garments is that these thin garments which are naturally free of chemicals are used to preserve mummies that last for years.