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.