A History of Agriculture in India v2.c67.s8.1

v2.c67.s8.1

Describing the appearance and dress of the peasants, Babur noted that they were not over-burdened with clothes. 'Their peasants and the lower classes all go about naked,' states Babur. 'They tie on a thing which they call a langoti, which is a piece of clout that hangs down two spans from the navel, as a cover to their nakedness. Below this pendent modesty-clout is another slip of cloth, one end of which they fasten before to a string that ties on the langoti, and then passing the slip of cloth between the two legs, bring it up and fix it to the string of the langoti behind. The women too, have a lang—one end of it they tie about their waist, and the other they throw over their head.’³