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Give two varieties of silk which are considered as inferior quality to that of mulberry and tasar silk.

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Eri silk and Muga silk are inferior quality than Mulberry and Tasar silk. Eri silk is the product of the domesticated silkworm, Philosamia ricini. Muga silk is the product of the silkworm Antheraea assamensis endemic to Assam.

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