Kalamkari painting refers to

Identifies 'painted cloths and prints' as a distinct and much desired category of Indian textile goods.

A student could infer that specific named painting traditions (like Kalamkari) may be one of these painted-cloth types and then check regional origin and substrate (cotton) on a map or reference.

Describes Indian cotton textiles as having rich, intricate designs and colours—attributes typical of hand-painted or hand-decorated cloths.

Use this pattern to suspect Kalamkari is among richly decorated cotton textiles and then look for its regional attribution in supplementary sources or maps.

Lists Madurai (a South Indian city) among regions producing specialised textiles in classical sources, showing South India has established textile craft centres.

Combine this with the fact of painted cloths to reasonably hypothesize some painted textile traditions originated in South India and then seek specific evidence for Kalamkari's provenance.

Names several production centres in southern states (e.g., East Godavari, Guntur, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh) as important cotton textile centres.

A student could map known painted-cloth traditions onto these cotton-producing districts to test if Kalamkari aligns geographically with South Indian cotton centres.

Mentions regionally named painting schools (e.g., 'Patna Kalam'), indicating that painting traditions in India can be regionally specific and named after places.

From this pattern, one can infer that 'Kalamkari' (a named tradition) might similarly denote a regional painting technique—so check whether its name and history point to a South Indian origin and cotton medium.