These include cotton Jacquard, damask Jacquard, silk Jacquard and faux-silk Jacquard. Some styles of Jacquard fabrics are made with tone-on-tone silk and cotton, while others are made with just a single fabric.
India unified as a single entity for the first time under the rule of the great emperor Chandragupta Maurya (340 BC â 298 BC). Before his rule most of the south Asia was divided into small states whereas Gangetic Plains were ruled by the Nanda Dynasty.
Emperor Ashoka. First Online: April 17, 2000 Page Last Updated: January 10, 2018 Ashoka (also sometimes transliterated as Asoka), the grandson of Chandragupta â the founder of the Mauryan dynasty â and the son of Bindusara, came to the throne circa 268 B.C. and died approximately 233 B.C.