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The foremost textile centre of the eighteenth century, famed for mulmul and jamdani, was:

APatan
BDacca
CSurat
DMadras
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Dacca
1. It lies in Eastern Bengal, now Bangladesh. 2. Dacca was the foremost centre. 3. Bengal's rivers eased transport of cloth. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 6, Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners._
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