It was produced in the Northern Circars, on the Coromandel Coastal region in South East India.
Later, Baramauhal successfully duplicated an imitation of Punjum which was a cloth with a lower thread count and half the length of the former.
[2] 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).
[4] 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.