History Of Hand Block Printing In India

History can be a quite boring subject, all those dates, times, events, and other topics that can put even the strongest adult to sleep. But don’t worry this Fashion Romain Jerome Watches article will not talk about that history but an interesting one; it’s the history of India’s age-old traditional art known as hand block printing.

Almost all northern states of the country have their style in making hand block prints and this article is going to deeply explore the art of hand block fabric making.

History and origin

Block printing was recorded earliest in history around 3500 to 1300BC in Indus valley civilization; Knock off Tissot Watches many archeological pieces of evidence prove that Harappans knew an earlier form of block printing.

Block printed cotton fragments belonging to this era were found at different digging sites in the country along with various types of needles and spindles, all of them were dug out from sites at Harappa, Mohenjo Daro, Lothal, etc, all this supports the claim that Harappans were familiar with block printing.

Several southern, western, and eastern states of India became trade centers of great quality cotton prints ...

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