Travels in India

Imagine a time when it would benefit to know what place made what commodity.

Carpets of silk and gold Vs woollen carpet.

While talking about Ancient India's grandeur, there's a reference to a 7 foot fine silk cloth that could be folded into a match box. wasnt an old wive's tale.

60 cubits of muslin in a cocoa-nut, the size of n ostrich egg

Indigo making
Three barks of Cinnamon. The Art of cutting only the first two barks.
Making Camphor from Cinnamon fruits.
Loaf Sugar