The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c10.235

v1.c10.235

They are made hollow and filled with shots, or fringed with bells. The ornaments exhibited in Illustrations Nos 136, 137, and the upper one of 138, were confined to Orissa and Teliṅgānā, where the dress worn was generally short, and the leg was left sufficiently bare to display them. They were worn by both sexes, but on one leg only. A modification, consisting of a curiously bent rod, is still in use in some parts of Orissa and is known under the name of *bāṅkmala*. It was unknown at Sāñcī and Amarāvatī. Illustration No. 140 shows some toe rings.