The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c10.70.3

v1.c10.70.3

nor allow her navel to be seen: she should be so dressed that her clothing should hang down to the ankles; and the breasts should never be exposed".⁴⁵ Gobhila enjoins that "women should always wear a sheet, the Grecian *peplos*, or the Roman *palla* over their body-clothes".⁴⁶ Hārīta says, "the first duty of woman (in the morning) is to bathe and put on (clean) clothes"⁴⁷; and among the most important daily duties of woman, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga enumerates, "cleanliness, attention to the duties of the house, the polish of the household utensils, bathing, dressing, plaiting the hair in braids, and putting flowers thereon".⁴⁸ Other authorities are equally particular in this respect, and everywhere the most important duty enjoined on husbands and relatives is to supply good clothing to the ladies of one's house.