Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s1.18
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s1.18
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When recording clothes and ornaments of Indians, Xuanzang recorded different costume styles and dressing ways of common men and women as well as hair and beard styles, different clothes from southern and northern India, various clothing materials, main characteristics of clothes and ornaments of monks, non-Buddhists, king, ministers and merchants. He also recorded the customs of hats, shoes, dyeing teeth and piercing ears which differed from China.