This form of dyeing was responsible for making India famous all over the world for its dyed and printed. Printed fabrics have also been found at Fustat, Old Cairo City. Recent excavations of Red Sea ports have also provided a wider range of printed textiles. These can be dated to 800 AD There technique and design point to western Indian origin. Indian dyers had mastered the art of dyeing with fast colors from ancient times, while in Europe it was unknown. Indian dyers were considered magicians by travelers who have seen the place a white sheet in a liquid of pale indigo dye and when the cloth appeared from the dye bath it was still white.
