Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c11.s3.7

c11.s3.7

From the above description it is clear that the Gujarātīs of the 15th century wore *dhotīs* and *chādars* and small caps on their bun-like coiffure. The women wore *sārīs* and scarves. Now if we go into the details of the Gujarātī costume, as preserved in the illustrated manuscripts of the *Kalpasūtra* and the *Kālakāchārya Kathā*, dating from 1370 to 1426 A.D., we are convinced of the truthfulness of the observations of Barbosa. In the manuscript of the *Kalpasūtra*, dated 1370, in the scene depicting the birth of Mahāvīra⁶⁶, the dress of Triśalā is typical of a highly placed woman in the 14th century Gujarāt. She wears an indigo coloured *dhotī* worked with the geese pattern, a graceful scarf covering her coiffure and a part wrapped round the waist, and half sleeved green bodice (Fig. 251). In another 14th century *Kalpasūtra* manuscript from Idar⁶⁷, the typical costume of menfolk is heavily ornamented *dhotī* and scarf (Fig. 252). These typical costumes are followed without variation in all the subsequent miniatures.