Editing Silk (section)

===India===
{{Main|Silk in the Indian subcontinent}}
[[File:Silk Sari Weaving at Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.jpg|right|thumb|Silk [[sari]] weaving at Kanchipuram]]
Silk has a long history in India. It is known as ''Resham'' in eastern and north India, and ''Pattu'' in southern parts of [[India]]. Recent archaeological discoveries in [[Harappa]] and [[Chanhu-daro]] suggest that [[sericulture]], employing [[wild silk]] threads from native [[silkworm]] species, existed in [[South Asia]] during the time of the [[Indus Valley civilisation]] (now in [[Pakistan]] and India) dating between 2450 BC and 2000 BC.<ref name=nat>{{cite journal |last=Ball |first=Philip |doi=10.1038/457945a |pmid=19238684 |date=17 February 2009 |title=Rethinking silk's origins |journal=Nature |volume=457 |issue=7232 |pages=945 |s2cid=4390646|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Good |first1=I.L. |last2=Kenoyer |first2=J.M. |last3=Meadow |first3=R.H. |title=New evidence for early silk in the Indus civilization |journal=Archaeometry |volume=50 |page=457 |year=2009 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00454.x |issue=3 |bibcode=2009Archa..51..457G |url=http://precedings.nature.com/documents/1900/version/1/files/npre20081900-1.pdf |access-date=20 April 2018 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809155318/http://precedings.nature.com/documents/1900/version/1/files/npre20081900-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Shelagh Vainker, a silk expert at the [[Ashmolean Museum]] in Oxford, who sees evidence for silk production in China "significantly earlier" than 2500–2000 BC, suggests, "people of the Indus civilization either harvested silkworm cocoons or traded with people who did, and that they knew a considerable amount about silk."<ref name=nat/>

India is the second largest producer of silk in the world after China. About 97% of the raw mulberry silk comes from six Indian states, namely, [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Bihar]], and [[West Bengal]].<ref>[http://www.tnsericulture.gov.in/sericultureNov12/BriefNoteOnSericulture.htm Tn Sericulture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819023205/http://tnsericulture.gov.in/SericultureNov12/BriefNoteOnSericulture.htm |date=19 August 2014}}. Tn Sericulture (30 June 2014).</ref> North Bangalore, the upcoming site of a $20 million "Silk City" [[Ramanagara]] and [[Mysore]], contribute to a majority of silk production in Karnataka.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/31009/silk-city-come-up-near.html |title=Silk city to come up near B'lore |work=Deccan Herald |date=17 October 2009 |access-date=22 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715103600/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/31009/silk-city-come-up-near.html |archive-date=15 July 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Saree on display at Dilli Haat.JPG|thumb|left|A traditional [[Banarasi sari]] with gold [[brocade]]]]In [[Tamil Nadu]], mulberry cultivation is concentrated in the [[Coimbatore]], [[Erode]], [[Bhagalpur]]i, [[Tiruppur]], [[Salem district|Salem]], and [[Dharmapuri]] districts. [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], and [[Gobichettipalayam]], [[Tamil Nadu]], were the first locations to have automated silk reeling units in India.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/24/stories/2008082455180600.htm |title=Tamil Nadu News: Tamil Nadu's first automatic silk reeling unit opened |date=2008-08-24 |access-date=2013-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019071758/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/24/stories/2008082455180600.htm |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=19 October 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Antheraea assama from Assam.jpg|thumb|''Antheraea assamensis'', the endemic species in the state of Assam, India]]
In the northeastern state of [[Assam]], three different types of indigenous variety of silk are produced, collectively called [[Assam silk]]: [[Muga silk]], [[Eri silk]] and [[Pat silk]]. Muga, the golden silk, and Eri are produced by silkworms that are native only to Assam. They have been reared since ancient times.