Herodotus, wrote in 400 BC
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In India there were trees growing wild, which produce a kind of wool better than sheep’s wool in beauty and quality, which the Indians use for making their clothes. During this period, the famous Ajanta Cave carvings show innovative cotton growers in India had invented an early roller machine to get the seeds out of the cotton.
— Herodotus on Cotton
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Source: Wikiquote: "Cotton" (Quotes, A Luxurious and Political Fiber: Wickham Boyle, in [http://handeyemagazine.com/content/india-and-history-cotton A Luxurious and Political Fiber)
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About Herodotus
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, Hēródotos) (c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC) was a historian, known for his writings on the conflict between Greece and Persia, as well as the descriptions he wrote of different places and people he met on his travels.
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