Ghati was a cloth with a highly glazed surface, refined in texture and strong in strength. It was a particular type of cotton fabric. It was a premium quality long cloth and hence expensive too. Ghati was a lighter ( in texture) than the
Sussi. The material was affordable to wealthy persons only, also called
ghatti.
Rahon, a town in the district
Jalandhar of
Punjab, India, had an excellent reputation for this variety. Its production ceased by the close of the nineteenth century.
Patterns and use Before English clothes emerged in Punjab, Ghati was used for
sheets,
shirts,
pajamas and
angarkha. Then Ghati was available in plain white and also in various patterns of damascene, flowered and
Chashma-e-Bulbul meaning "Nightingale's eye" == Latha ==