The Javanese name for the Coromandel calico known to the English merchants as ‘Salampore’ . One of the categories of staple cotton cloth. Woven on the coast varying widely in quality and price.
Made out of pure cotton ranging from coarse to very fine, either plain white, blue or brown. The usual dimensions were 16 yards long and 1 yard wide. Exported in large quantities to England from Madras and Masulipatnam.