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This argument that women in ancient India wore scanty clothes is common among certain "historians". This shows their ignorance/perverted mindset. Indian art depicting women semi-naked is only an artistic expression & DOES NOT reflect dress sense in real society..(1/n)
This argument that women in ancient India wore scanty clothes is common among certain "historians". This shows their ignorance/perverted mindset. Indian art depicting women semi-naked is only an artistic expression & DOES NOT reflect dress sense in real society..(1/n)
This thread will show how women during Maurya & Shunga periods ~2200 years ago may have dressed as depicted in terracotta figurines from those periods.
1) Terracotta female figurine with striated drapery covering her fully, including her head. From Sunga period around 100 BCE.
1) Terracotta female figurine with striated drapery covering her fully, including her head. From Sunga period around 100 BCE.
2) Terracotta female figurine with elaborate hairdo, intricate ornaments and patterned clothing covering her entire body, from Mauryan period excavated at Bulandi Bagh near Patna, Bihar from around 200 BCE.
3) Terracotta female figurine with a full sleeved and long skirted dress and a turban from the Mauryan period, found at Bulandi Bagh near modern Patna, Bihar from around 200 BCE.
4) Terracotta female figurine wearing a dress with knee length skirt from Mauryan period, found at Bulandi Bagh near Patna, Bihar from around 200 BCE.
5) Terracotta female figurine with knee length dress, elaborate hairdo, intricate earrings & necklace, from the Sunga period, Bihar from around 100 BCE.
6) Terracotta female figurine with intricate hairdo, ornaments, Bangles covering her entire arm and clothing covering her fully, from Sunga period, around 100 BCE.
7) This terracotta female figurine is similar to the iconic Shunga goddess who's figurines have been found throughout north India, seen here with knee length dress, elaborate hairdo & ornaments, from late Sunga period.
8) This obscure terracotta female figurine seen with striped clothing covering her entire body found at Rajghat, Varanasi from around 200 BCE.
9) This terracotta female figurine from Mauryan period is seen with full-sleeved and long skirted dress, from Bulandi Bagh near Patna, Bihar from around 200 BCE.
10) This terracotta female figurine is seen wearing a dress with an elaborate long skirt and her hair adorned with many ornaments, from the Mauryan period found near Bulandi Bagh near Patna, Bihar dated to 200 BCE.
11) This terracotta female figurine whose head portion is broken is seen in a drapery clothing almost resembling a modern saree and decorated with ornaments, from the Sunga period dated to around 100 BCE.
12) This terracotta female figurine is unfortunately damaged in the upper body portion but the skirt with the foldings and waist ornaments are seen. This is from the Sunga period from around 100 BCE.
13) Female figurine standing on lotus in clothes with full sleeves and covering her legs, from Sunga period around 100 BCE.
14) Finally, here are three female figurines with huge and profusely decorated head wear and intricate earrings. All three from Shunga period found in Bihar from around 100 BCE.
15) Terracotta Yaksha or Yakshi possibly from Ahichatra, UP from around 200 BCE, currently at National Museum of New Delhi.
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