In the textile art of India, indigenous motifs are described to be "ageless" as they seem to possess marvelous sense of aesthetics true for all times like lotus, the serpent, the elephant, the chakrā or cakrā, certain trees and so forth.
Abhay Kumar Singh (1 January 2006). Modern World System and Indian Proto-industrialization: Bengal 1650-1800. Northern Book Centre. p. 202. ISBN 978-81-7211-201-1.