The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c16.s2.79
The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c16.s2.79
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v2.c16.s2.79
The use of heavy anklets by Indian women from their girlhood has perhaps an adverse effect on the shape of their legs, and this may be the reason why they are generally represented as disproportionately thin in their lower part both in the sculpture and the painting of the Deccan, particularly in the early period (Plate XXVIII *b*).