Architecture case study India Habitat Centre, Delhi.pdf
Indus valley civilization
1. In this presentation we will study about Indus Valley’s –
Female Clothing
Jewellery
Men’s Clothing
Textiles
Hairstyles
2. Flax was grown and may have been used for fibres.
Native Indian species of silkworm may have been utilised for silk.
Women clothing seems to have been a knee-length skirt they also used
lipstick.
Many bangles were born by women.
Dress may have been based on lengths of cloth that were folded and
draped in different ways.
Skins also may have been used for cold weather.
3. Women tends to wear knee
length skirt.
The women wearing short skirt
belted with three strands of
beads.
4. HAIRSTYLE
The fan shaped head dress
originally had wipe, cup shaped
extensions on either sides of the
head framed by braided tresses.
JWELLERY
Numerous strands of
chokers and pendant bead
necklace drape over the
breasts and extend to the
waist.
Bangles were most popular
5. The men wore a cloth around the waist,
resembling a modern dhoti and like it, often
passed between the legs and tucked up
behind.
Some people wore a long robe over the left
shoulder, laving bare the right shoulder and
chest.
Some males wore turbans as well.
6. Hairstyle:
Male wear their hair in a bun ,
divided horizontally like a head
band reminiscent of a royal
hairstyle in contemporary
summer.
Jwellery:
Hair fillets , bead necklaces
and bangles were usually
wore by men as well at that
time.