[1] The bodices made of Tansukh and Bafta are referred by the poet Bhikhari Das.
[2] Tansukh was a woven material with another class of muslin with a very soft and delicate texture.
[3][5] The Ain-i-Akbari and the contemporary Hindi writers mentioned Tansukh and Khasa, Bafta, Salu, Doriya, Dupatta, and Panchtoliya as notable fabrics of their time.
[6][7][8] The special quotes some names like chira, fenta gangajal fabric, Tansukh, sari, lehenga, ghagra, etc., signify the use of these cloths in Mughal clothing.
Tansukh was a soft cloth made of cotton and it was used for feminine dresses such as bodices (angiya, kanchukis ), saris, skirts with a piece of cloth across the breasts.