<Li> Charkha (Spinning wheel): invented in India, between 500 and 1000 C.E. </Li> <Li> Chintz: The origin of Chintz is from the printed all cotton fabric of calico in India . The origin of the word chintz itself is from the Hindi language word चित्र् (chitr), which means an image . </Li> <Li> Muslin: The fabric was named after the city where Europeans first encountered it, Mosul, in what is now Iraq, but the fabric actually originated from Dhaka in what is now Bangladesh . In the 9th century, an Arab merchant named Sulaiman makes note of the material's origin in Bengal (known as Ruhml in Arabic). </Li> <Ul> <Li> Palampore: पालमपुर् (Hindi language) of Indian origin was imported to the western world--notable England and Colonial America--from India . In 17th - century England these hand painted cotton fabrics influenced native crewel work design . Shipping vessels from India also took palampore to colonial America, where it was used in quilting . </Li> <Li> Prayer flags: The Buddhist sūtras, written on cloth in India, were transmitted to other regions of the world . These sutras, written on banners, were the origin of prayer flags . Legend ascribes the origin of the prayer flag to the Shakyamuni Buddha, whose prayers were written on battle flags used by the devas against their adversaries, the asuras . The legend may have given the Indian bhikku a reason for carrying the' heavenly' banner as a way of signyfying his commitment to ahimsa . This knowledge was carried into Tibet by 800 CE, and the actual flags were introduced no later than 1040 CE, where they were further modified . The Indian monk Atisha (980 - 1054 CE) introduced the Indian practice of printing on cloth prayer flags to Tibet . </Li> <Li> Single roller cotton gin: The Ajanta caves of India yield evidence of a single roller cotton gin in use by the 5th century . This cotton gin was used in India until innovations were made in form of foot powered gins . The cotton gin was invented in India as a mechanical device known as charkhi, more technically the "wooden - worm - worked roller". This mechanical device was, in some parts of India, driven by water power . </Li> </Ul>

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