History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c37.s1.t2.13

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Many of the styles of riding boots and sandals still survive today demonstrating that little has changed during the past two thousand years and more, so are our utilization of the most versatile and decorative of all natural resources is concerned. The earliest type of footwear used by primitive man was a type of moccasin which was made from single piece of leather gathered around the ankle by leather thong threaded through slot and it was crudely fashioned and it almost looked like a bag. Part of Hittite panel of not less than 1200 B.C. depicts a full shoe developed by them.