Punjabi Tamba and Kurta

Europe North America Oceania Punjabi Kurta and Tamba are traditional costume for men of Punjab.

Women in some parts of Punjab wear the tehmat and the laacha, especially the districts of Gujarat, Gujranwala, Shahpur and Muzzafargarh.

[10] The Punjabi kurta[11] is made of two rectangular pieces with side slits, and a front opening[12] below the neck.

[13] This form of kurta gradually began to replace the older angarkha worn in the Punjab region which fell to the knees,[14] opened to either the left or the right,[15] and was sometimes known as the anga, the older form of the angarkha and is similar to a gown[16][17] or a loose coat and wadded with cotton.

[22] The Punjabi kurta was introduced to Assam by King Garib Niwaj of Manipur during his reign sometime between 1709 A.D. and 1749 [23] A.D. where it is also known as Panjabi.

[27] The traditional male attire for men in India consisted of the dhoti and an unstitched[28] cloth draped around the shoulders extended to cover the upper body.

[41] During the 11th century C.E., AL Biruni noted[42] women in north India wore the kurtaka which was a short shirt, with sleeves extending to the shoulders, to the middle of the body, and had slashes on the left and the right sides.

[43] Thiis similar to the modern Punjabi kurta worn by women[44] and men which has side slits rather than slashes.

However, traditionally, the kurti is a short cotton coat[46][47] (without side slits) and is believed to have descended from the tunic of the Shunga period (2nd century B.C.).