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Ruling the Countryside — Social Studies STD 8 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8Social StudiesRuling the Countryside1 Mark
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Why did cloth dyers prefer indigo to woad?
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Cloth dyers, however, preferred indigo as a dye because Indigo produced a rich blue colour, whereas the dye from woad was pale and dull.

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