The medieval town of Sironj, famous in the 17th century for its printed cotton cloth (chintz, or 'chhint'), is located in present-day:

Sironj is a town in the Vidisha district of present-day Madhya Pradesh, which was famous in the 17th century for its printed and painted cotton cloth (chintz, or "chhint").

About Sironj:

• It lay on the important trade route between Agra and Burhanpur, and from there to Surat on the western coast.
• It was an important commercial town in the Malwa region under the Mughals.
• Its printed cottons were bought by merchants and exported to Persia, Turkey and other countries.
• The cloth was known for its bright colours and fine patterns, and was used for dresses, turbans and curtains.
• European travellers of the 17th century mentioned the high quality of Sironj chintz.

About chintz:

• "Chintz" comes from the Hindi word "chhint", meaning "spotted" or "printed".
• It referred to cotton cloth printed or painted with colourful designs, often of flowers.
• Indian chintz became very popular in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries.
• NCERT notes that by the early 18th century, worried by the popularity of Indian textiles, wool and silk makers in England began protesting against the import of Indian cotton textiles.

Other textile centres of Mughal India:

• Dacca (Dhaka): fine muslin.
• Masulipatnam: painted cloth (kalamkari).
• Patan: patola silk.
• Ahmedabad and Surat: various cotton and silk textiles.
• Burhanpur: cotton cloth.

Other historic towns of Vidisha district:

• Vidisha (ancient Besnagar), with the Heliodorus pillar.
• Udayagiri caves (Gupta period).

Why not the other options?

• ✗Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh had other textile centres.