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'''Punjum''' (panjam, pŭn′jŭm; pun jum)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Picken|first=Mary Brooks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORR9CgAAQBAJ&dq=Punjum+cloth&pg=PT476|title=The Language of Fashion - Dictionary and Digest of Fabric, Sewing and Dress|date=2013-04-16|publisher=Read Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-4474-9361-7|pages=476|language=en}}</ref> was a type of Indian [[cotton]] cloth'''.''' It was produced in the [[Northern Circars]], on the [[Coromandel Coast|Coromandel Coastal region in South East India]].<ref name=":1" /> Punjum was a kind of cotton [[longcloth]] that was produced in a variety of thread counts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Swarnalatha|first=P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t5XlI91kP3YC&dq=%22Punjum%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA23|title=The World of the Weaver in Northern Coromandel, C.1750-c.1850|date=2005|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-2868-0|pages=23|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Varieties of punjum ==<br />
Punjum was a woven fabric structure with an unusually strong texture. It was manufactured with a variety of widths from coarser to finer qualities (The finer the threads the greater number of punjums were contained in the breadth up to 40). There were Punjums available with a 120-[[Units of textile measurement|thread count]] . A Punjum was regarded as a sign of quality, there were different numbers assigned for different grades ranging from 10,12,14,16, 18 up to 40.The lowest and coarse was called number 10. Later, [[Dharmapuri district|Baramauhal]] successfully duplicated an imitation of Punjum which was a cloth with a lower thread count and half the length of the former. It was named [[Salampore]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Milburn|first=William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1bFLAAAAYAAJ&dq=Punjum+cloth&pg=PA45|title=Oriental Commerce: Containing a Geographical Description of the Principal Places in the East Indies, China, and Japan, with Their Produce, Manufactures, and Trade|date=1813|publisher=Black, Parry & Company|pages=45|language=en}}</ref> <br />
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=== Dimensions ===<br />
[[John Forbes Watson]] used sample 466 to show Punjum in his book, "The textile manufacturers and the clothes of the people of India." As per John, a common piece of Punjum weighs 14 pounds and is 18 yards long (36 Cubits). Its width ranges from 38 to 44 inches.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Watson|first=John Forbes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g2XL2CJewPAC&dq=Punjum+cloth&pg=PA84|title=The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the People of India|date=1867|publisher=Allen|pages=84|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Exports ==<br />
Punjum cloths accounted for a sizable portion of [[Madras]]' exports in the 18th century. <ref name=":2" /> Fourteen and sixteen number Punjum, Salampores, Palampores, Chintz, Book muslin and Longcloth, varieties of Ghingahm were among the piece goods which were exported to America from Madras.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=22}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Piece goods]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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