Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s4.t1.41

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² For Hindu bath, compare K.K., 706. But they did not use bathrooms (Frampton, 142) on a large scale and were partial to running water. For drinking water they carried their own vessels (vide Yule, II, 342 ; also A.S., 32). It is amusing to note in this connection that the right hand alone was used for taking food and for all clean and becoming purposes (vide Yule, II, 342). On entering the house, a Hindu left his shoes at the door. P. (hin), 250. Cow-dung was universally used to plaster the floor of a house and the operation had to be done quite often (vide Varthema, 155).