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This book is an abridged edition of Ancient Indian Costume by the same author. It traces the evolution of costume in ancient India between 321 B.C and A.D.850, largely on the basis of archaeological sources. Each of the four chapters includes a brief social history of the specific period, its costumes, headgears and hairstyles, jewellery, textiles and dyes, and a short note on the visual art of the period. Supplemented with 79 illustrations, this edition is ...
The book traces the evolution of the indigenous Indian costume in the ancient and medieval times (from the seventh century BC to the early sixteenth century). With numerous illustrations of varieties of costumes worn by people of various classes at different times, the work emphasises on ancient Indian costumes as depicted in ancient sculptures, the frescoes of Ajanta and Bagh, Jain manuscripts and other illustrated manuscripts. Considerable attention is given to ...