Tant is Bengal's everyday cotton saree: light, crisp, and suited to hot, humid weather, often with a woven border and a simple pallu. Jamdani is the region's most technically demanding weave—motifs are added by hand as extra weft threads while the base cloth is woven, so the pattern is integral to the fabric rather than printed or embroidered on top. Baluchari is a silk saree tradition whose pallu carries elaborate woven scenes, historically drawn from epics and court life.
Muslin refers to the legendary fine cottons of Dhaka, once traded across the world and now the subject of revival efforts. Mul cotton (also called mulmul) is a soft, fine plain-weave cotton used for lightweight sarees and garments. Khadi is cloth that is both hand-spun and hand-woven, a category tied to India's independence movement. Several of these weaves—including Shantipur, Dhaniakhali, and Begampur sarees—hold Geographical Indication tags in India, which link the product to its traditional weaving cluster.