Editing Calico (section)

===Origins===
Calico originated in [[Kozhikode|Calicut]], from which the name of the textile came, in [[South India]], now [[Kerala]], during the 11th century,<ref name=eb-calico/> where the cloth was known as "chaliyan".<ref>{{cite book |first=Jill |last=Condra |title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History: 1801 to the Present |year=2008 |volume= 3 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=9780313336652 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q6FI2czFz6MC&q=calico+calicut}}</ref> It was mentioned in Indian literature by the 12th century when the [[polymath]] and writer [[Hemachandra]] described calico fabric prints with a [[sacred lotus in religious art|lotus design]].<ref name=eb-calico>''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (2008). [https://www.britannica.com/topic/calico-textile "calico"].</ref> Calico was woven using Gujarati cotton from [[Surat]] for both the [[warp and weft]]. By the 15th century, calico from [[Gujarat]] made its appearance in Cairo, then capital of the [[Egypt Eyalet]] under the Ottoman Empire.<ref name=eb-calico/> Trade with Europe followed from the 17th century onwards.<ref name=eb-calico/>