Dorea (, Doreas, Dooreas, Doriyah) was a type of striped or check patterned cloth made in the

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. The continued (

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side) striped Dorea was a simplest form of Dorea. Doriya was a kind of cloth, originally made of

cotton Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...

, but later made of

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, or tussar or silk and cotton both. It has a flimsy texture when compared to Ilayecha. Doriya was also called "a striped cloth", with stripes running along with the warp of the cloth. "Are-doriya" was a type with diagonal stripes, while "Salaidar" was a cloth in which the stripes were across the width or in the weft.

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" is a document from the Mughal empire. Doriya's name is mentioned there, along with contemporary cotton fabrics such as Khasa, Salu,

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, Tansukh,

Dupatta The dupattā, also called chunni, chunari, chundari, lugda, rao/rawo, gandhi, pothi, orna, and odhni is a long shawl-like scarf traditionally worn by women in the Indian subcontinent. Traditionally, in India, the dupatta is part of the women's le ...

, and Panchtoliya.

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Originally it was made of

only, the cloth was later manufactured with

and other type of materials as well.

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exported a variety of fabrics ranging in fineness from ''Dorea to Sologazi, Chela, Sanu, Rumal, Fota,

Chintz Chintz () is a woodblock printed, painted, stained or glazed calico textile that originated in Golconda (present day Hyderabad, India) in the 16th century. The cloth is printed with designs featuring flowers and other patterns in different colo ...

, Guinea cloth, Garra, and

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