Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.76
Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.76
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³ Compare T., 12 for the official signet; A., 268 for the dress of slave. For dresses of other classes, *J.R.A.S.*, 1895, 532 for the account of Mahuan. The mountebank of Bengal (as probably of Delhi) fastened his waist with a scarf of coloured silk and wore a tunic embroidered with black thread. A string of coloured stones and coral beads hung from his shoulders and a bracelet of dark red stones was worn round his wrist. Compare the account of Amir Khusrau how a *Mirasi* or a professional musician was known by his immense and loose drawers. *Vide IK.*, IV., 48.