The Muslin was legendry because a 50 meter long Muslin fabric could be
squeezed into a match box. Muslin a brand name of pre-colonial bengal
textile. especially of Dhakai origins. Muslin was manufactured in the
city of dhakaand in some surrounding stations, by local skill with
locally produced cotton and attained world wide fame as the dhakai
Muslin. The origin of Muslin is not clear, however it is mentioned in
Sanskrit literature of the Gupta period (4th-6th AD).

A striking feature of jamdani muslin is the patterns of Persian
Derivation. The fabric is usually a gray cotton ornamented with
brightly colored cotton having gold and silver wire. in Sharis the
characteristic garment worn by Indian women, the corners are woven in
patterns derived from Shawls. The field is decorated with bunches of
flowers suggestive of the jasmine or with diagonally arranged circles.