Twilight of the Sultanate c17.s6.12

c17.s6.12

Of women's clothes there were usually two varieties. One consisted of a long *Chādar*, not unlike the modern *sārī*, a bodice with long sleeves and a brassiere (*angiya*) for grown up maidens and married women. The other variety, which was more popular in Uttar Pradesh, consisted of a *lahngā*, a long and loose skirt, an *angiya* and a long scarf to cover the head. Muslim women of the upper classes usually wore loose drawers, a shirt and a long scarf with the usual veil. In some places, especially in Gujarat and the Deccan, women wore shoes made of leather, ornamented with gold and silk.⁸² Besides women all over the country wore all kinds of ornaments, the rich of gold and the poor of silver. Hindu women did not put on gold ornaments below the waist.