Sunga period

The presentation is all about the fashion trend of men and women in Mayura And Sunga Period

1. MAURYA AND SUNGA PERIOD In this presentation we will study about Maurya & Sunga’s – Female Clothing Jewellery Men’s Clothing Textiles Hairstyles

2. Textiles And Clothing Weaving of fine and coarse varieties of cloth was well established. Cotton, Silk, Wool, Linen And Jute fabrics were readily available. A rain proof woolen cloth was available in Nepal. Kaseyyaka ( high quality cotton and silk) and the bright red woolen blankets of Gandhara were worth a small fortune each. Fabrics were also woven in patterns and printed for use as carpets , bedcovers, blankets and clothes.

3. Female Clothing Women tied their antariya in different ways. A simple small antariya, langoti was attached to the kayabandh at the center front, and then passed between the legs and tucked in at the back. Another version the lehnga style, was a length of cloth wrapped around the hips tightly to form a tabular type of skirt. The uttariyas of upper class women were generally of thin material decorated with borders and quite often worn as a head covering.

4. Female hairstyle and jewellery HAIRSTYLE JWELLERY The hair, centrally parted, was made into one or two plaits or in a large knot at the back. Satlari , Mekhala, Pklari, Chaulari, Tillari & Kantha (Types Of necklace) Material mostly used were of gold.

5. Male Clothing The main garment was the antariya of white cotton, linen or flowered muslin , sometimes embroidered in gold and precious stones. For men, an unstitched length of cloth draped around the hips and between the legs in the kachcha style, extending from the waist to the calf. The antariya was secured at the waist by a sash or kayabandh, often tied in a looped knot at the center front of the waist.

6. male hairstyle These were remarkable headdresses in which the hair itself was often twisted into braid along with the turban clothes. This twisted braid was then arranged to form a protuberance at the front or the side of the head but never at the center top, as only priests could use this style.

7. MILITARY COSTUME Sewn garment were sometime used for military dress. This consisted of a sleeved tunic with cross straps across the chest to carry the quiver, and a leather belt with a sword. The lower garment was more often the Indian antariya. The headgear was usually the turban or headband.

8. A Presentation by : Priyanka Jain THANK YOU