The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c10.48.2

v1.c10.48.2

The figures of Buddha and of priests are also everywhere clothed in a decent attire from the neck to the feet, though in their case the habit seems to be formed of loose plaids thrown lightly over the person, and not needle-made. The sculptures of Orissa offer even more positive proofs. In the Queen's palace (*Rāṇinaur*) among the rock cut caves of Udayagiri, there is a statue, four feet six inches in height, cut out of the solid rock, which is dressed in a close-fitting tunic or *cāpkān*, with the skirts hanging down four inches below the knee, and having sleeves down to the wrist. According to Rev. T. Acland,³⁰ over the *cāpkān*, there was "a short shirt of scale armour", the sleeves of which reached the elbow. This, however, is not now visible. A light scarf passes round the waist and over the forearms, the ends floating in the air, exactly in the way in which the Hindus throw the scarf on their persons in the present day. A girdle or *komarband* round the waist holds, on the left side, a short sword. The head is partially mutilated, but there are traces on it of a twisted turban. The legs and the feet are enclosed in thick, high boots or buskins. The figure has suffered by long exposure to rain and sun, but enough is preserved in the Illustration No. 94 to show that the coat of the figure is made unmistakably of sewed cloth.