The earliest mention of the origin of jamdani and it's development as an industry was found in Kautilya's book of economics ( about 300 AD) where it is stated that this fine cloth used to be made in Bengal and Pundra. Jamdani is also mentioned in the book of Periplus of the Eritrean Sea and in the accounts of Arab, Chinese and italian travellers. Alexander the Great in 327 B.C mentioned ''beautiful printed cottons''. In the 14th century, Ibn Batuta profusedly praised the quality of cotton textiles of Sonargaon. Towards the end of the 16th century the English traveler Ralph Fitch and historian Abul Fazal also praised the muslin made at Sonargaon.
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