Crafts and crafted products are an important commodity for global business since ancient times and play an important part in economy. India has been one of the most important countries and trade links between India and the rest of the world existed from ancient periods.

India was the home of cotton & silk & had the permanent dyes were accepted throughout the world. The trade empire extended from far East to Moscow thru ships, silk route & fur route. It was further developed in Mughal Regime, when these crafts were considered as fine arts. However the volume of trade reduced with the onslaught of cheap machine made goods from England through East India Company.