Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c14.92

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c14.92

**Manners and Customs: Dress.** Megasthenes observed at Pāṭaliputra, that in dress the Indians, for all their general simplicity, showed a partiality for richness and bright colours, liberally using ornaments of gold and gems and flowered muslins, with attendants carrying umbrellas after them.

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