Chanderi

Chanderi weaving is documented in the town of Chanderi in the Ashoknagar district of Madhya Pradesh from at least the 11th century, when the town sat on a strategic trade route between Malwa, the Deccan, and Rajputana. The weave came into prominence under the Bundela Rajputs of Orchha and later the Scindia rulers of Gwalior. The classical Chanderi is a katan-silk-warp with cotton-weft blend that produces a translucent, glass-like sheer texture — hence the name "buner-jaal" (spider’s web) that Persian traders gave it. In 2005 the weave received a Geographical Indication tag.

Weaving centred in Chanderi town itself (about 3,500 active weavers), with satellite production in Prannath ka Bagh and small villages in Ashoknagar and Guna districts.