Indian Ways of Silk  (English, Hardcover, Ole Zethner Rie Koustrup Dilip Barooah)

Natural silk have played a great role in India since more than 4,000 years to the benefit of users and producers. The book presents many aspects of silk: biology, research, production, trade, culture and history that includes the role of silk in India?s culture and history, India?s place in global silk network, use of diversity of silk moth species, work environment for silk production, from craft to modern production, diversification to other uses of silk, etc.