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- Attempts to ban or restrict silk consumption failed because high demand and the economic power of traders and consumers overrode political edicts, showing that economic interests can trump governance even in ancient societies.
Attempts to ban or restrict silk consumption failed because high demand and the economic power of traders and consumers overrode political edicts, showing that economic interests can trump governance even in ancient societies.
- Silk became integrated into Buddhist ritual practice because it was both a traded luxury and a central material in Mahayana rituals, so the movement of silk reinforced religious practices and strengthened material ties that encouraged patronage and trade.
Silk became integrated into Buddhist ritual practice because it was both a traded luxury and a central material in Mahayana rituals, so the movement of silk reinforced religious practices and strengthened material ties that encouraged patronage and trade.
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