| 1. | Bhagalpur is well known for its sericulture, manufacture of silk yarn, and silk-weaving.
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| 2. | Sari, dhoti and angavasthram are made out of silk yarn and cotton yarn.
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| 3. | There, in 1880, Pierre Gros's great-great-grandfather founded a silk yarn factory.
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| 4. | Called " patola, " it is made using fine silk yarns and many colours.
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| 5. | Persian Sassanid coins emerged as a means of currency, just as valuable as silk yarn and textiles.
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| 6. | On the other hand there are exported costus, bdellium, lycium, Seric skins, cotton cloth, silk yarn, and indigo.
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| 7. | It was founded in 2001 by Jane Lewis as a small range of tailored separates and knits using silk yarns.
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| 8. | Was founded in 1918 to manufacture Spun Silk Yarn, which at the time, was one of the most high-tech industries in the world.
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| 9. | In a process similar to tie-dyeing, sections of silk yarns are wrapped with cotton thread to block the dye from penetrating the yarn.
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| 10. | The silk fabric is soaked in extremely cold water and bleached before dyeing to remove the natural yellow coloring of Thai silk yarn.
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