When was cotton being used in India?

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Diagram titled Spinning jenny showing an operator using a hand wheel to rotate a cord-driven roller, drawing and twisting fibers from multiple clamped rovings onto tilted spindles; numbered callouts trace the process from roving to thread. — textile An annotated diagram showing how an operator uses a hand wheel, rollers, and spindles on a spinning jenny to draw and twist unspun fiber into thread.

Evidence indicates that cotton has been cultivated and used in India since ancient times. Archaeological findings, such as fragments of dyed and woven cotton fabric recovered at Mohenjo-daro, attest to the antiquity of the textile industry in the region.12

Historical records and archaeological data establish that cotton was in use in India by 3000 BCE. Furthermore, evidence of cotton cultivation has been identified at the ancient site of Mehrgarh dating to approximately 7000 BP (before present). These early developments laid the foundation for the textile industry for which India would later become globally renowned.312