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No sourced date exists for hand-tufting's arrival in India

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Collection: Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record
Themes: Global diffusion of tufting

Cited in chapter 10, notes 6, 7

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“No sourced date exists for hand-tufting’s arrival in India.” Research note, Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record.

Research notes

Not a search failure. Checked and empty: Shodhganga (Bhadohi chapter mentions "tufted guns", no date); IICT Bhadohi papers; Carpet Export Promotion Council history; National Handicrafts Policy Report; Harvard FXB "Tainted Carpets"; CUTS International. Citation check (Oct 2026, from search results; pages not opened): source not found. Gap still stands: no source dating hand-tufting's arrival in India was found. The individual 'checked and empty' claims about Shodhganga, CEPC, the Handicrafts Policy Report, FXB and CUTS were not re-verified one by one (the full texts could not be fetched). Also: https://www.cuts-citee.org/pdf/Case_Study-Carpet_Industry_of_India_Weaving_Growth_of_Rural_Economy-India.pdf · https://www.readkong.com/page/tainted-carpets-slavery-and-child-labor-in-india-s-1179030