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The sun god, Mitra, is also depicted wearing white half boot when riding. The god’s costume is almost exactly like those of the Sasanian and Parthian kings with a tunic clasped by a broad leather belt, trouser high boots. He is also depicted in a white marble statue of 7th and 8th centuries A.D. where he is clearly wearing half length boots with buttons or perhaps a decorative trim up the middle and around the tops. Another earlier relief of the second century A.D. from Hatra portrays the same kind of scene in which the god holds the hilt of a sword in its leather scabbard, and a leash restraining three lions. Similar descriptions may hold good for the Suriya of the Aryans who invaded India during the same period. The sculpture of Suriya in Delhi National Museum depicted as wearing half boot. The Hindu God, Lord Shiva is depicted wearing tiger skin and having a percussion instrument known as ‘Uddukai’ or ‘Damar in his hand’. A statue of Buddha with sandals (Kolhapuri type) is found in Egmore Museum, Madras.