Ancient Indian Costume c11: Index

Ancient Indian Costume c11

Language: English

Index

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Alexander 3 Amazons 6, 63 Apollo 66 *Arthashastra* 7, 8 Assyrian sword belt 33

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Babylonian sword belt 33 Bactria 67 Banjara gypsies 93 Bark garments 9, 35, 67 obsolescence of 101 Benares brocade 104 Bharata Natyam Bharut 69 Buddhism 8, 94

Camouflage, military 100 Cattle breeding 4 Cavalry costume 100 Celtic jewellery 65 Chandragupta Maurya 3 China links with 3 trade with 36, 68 influence of 101 Choli, origin of 94-95 Christianity 94 Climate, effect of 61, 91, 102 Clothes, evolution of 30, 61, 91 Coats of mail 67 Courtesans 69

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Dacca, gauze from 104 Dancers jewellery of 7 skirts of 93

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Diversity of dress 60, 91 Dravidians 26 Dye colours 69

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Ears, elongated 68 Enamelling 65 Etruscan jewellery 8

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Fa-Hien 89 Felting of cloth 11 Finger rings, first use of 33 Flowers, uses of 66, 96, 99 Flywhisks 26 Footwear 5 Forehead ornaments, absence of 66

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Gandhara 59, 62 Graeco-Roman influence 60, 66 Greek dress 60

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Hair, short 96 Hairdressers 95 Harsha 90 Henna, use of 96 Hinduism 8

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Ikshvaku dynasty 25 Inlay work 65 Ivory, use of 66

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Jainism 8, 94 Jains, female clothing 93, 103

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Kanishka 60 Kautilya 7

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Khorez 67 Kumbipatta sect 9

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Lambadis 93 Leather tunics 61 Licchavi tribe 122 Lips, darkened 96

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Mahavira 10 Mara 66 Marwar, anklets of 33 Mathura 60, 69 Metal plates on garments 61, 70

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Necklines 27 Nudity, female, semi 62, 94

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Parthian influence 60, 61 Peacock feathers 27 Persian dress 8 influence 62, 63, 91, 95 Phrygian women 6, 63 Protective symbols 64

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Rainproof cloth 11 Roman influence 62

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Sacred thread 30 Saddles, lack of 67 Sanchi 69 Sari, origin of 62 Shirt, origin of 30 Silk route 68, 69 use of 68 Skirt, evolution of 62, 63, 93 Sogdiania 67 Stitched garments 8, 60, 61, 90 Stones for jewellery 65

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Taxila 8 Trade with Babylon 3 Badakshan 69 China 3, 36, 68 Persia 3, 36 Rome 25, 36, 60, 68 Trousers, for women 63 Turanian Tartars 95, 117, 123 Turban first use of 6 for women 96 obsolescence of 91

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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 intended as a primer to the layperson who seeks an insight into the costume of ancient India. It will also serve as handy reference to illustrators, art students, fashion designers and costume designers for film, television, and theatre. The original edition of this book has been used as a textbook in several institutions, including East-West University, Honolulu.

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Roshen Alkazi has managed various contemporary art galleries for the past 30 years, and is at present Director of her own art gallery, Art Heritage, New Delhi. She has been a costume designer for over 40 years, both in Bombay and Delhi with the Theatre Group, Theatre Unit, National School of Drama, and is currently involved with Living Theatre in this capacity. She has taught history of costume at the New Delhi Polytechnic for several years. She also writes poetry. Writers' Workshop, Calcutta, have published two volumes of her verse, *Seventeen Poems* and *Seventeen More Poems*. Her book *Medieval Costume in India*, Vols I and II, is due to be published shortly.

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