. Indo-Aryans: contributions towards the elucidation of their ancient and mediaeval history. represent are nude, orvery scantily clothed, still there are some which bear unmis-takable evidence of the existence of made dresses. Amongthe Sanchi bas-reliefs, there are several figures dressed intunics which could never have been made without theaid of needles. The tunics of the two archers on plateXLIII., Fig, 3, of Mr. Fergussons work are particularly * Wilsons Rig Veda II. p. 2S8, IV. p. 60. t Sivyain apah sluhya cJi/ieJyaiitniiaya, may she sew the work witha needle, that is not capahle of being
. Indo-Aryans: contributions towards the elucidation of their ancient and mediaeval history. represent are nude, orvery scantily clothed, still there are some which bear unmis-takable evidence of the existence of made dresses. Amongthe Sanchi bas-reliefs, there are several figures dressed intunics which could never have been made without theaid of needles. The tunics of the two archers on plateXLIII., Fig, 3, of Mr. Fergussons work are particularly * Wilsons Rig Veda II. p. 2S8, IV. p. 60. t Sivyain apah sluhya cJi/ieJyaiitniiaya, may she sew the work witha needle, that is not capahle of being cut or broken,—with one, of which thestitches will endure, in like manner as clothes and the like wrought with a needlelast a long time, according to the coniURntator, Wikons Rig Veda. 2S8. [ >79 ]. No. remarkable, inasmuch as llie chapkaiis tlierc sliown, arc unmistakable. (Woodcut ) Plates XXVIII., Fig. I,XXXIV., Fig. 2, XXXVI., , and XXXVIII., Fig. i, arealso worthy of notice as affording unquestionable evidencesof the use of made dres-ses. A flag-bearer on an ele-phant has a dress, the sleevesof which are distinctly shewn.(Plate XL., Fig, 2.) On aBuddhist rail-post from Bud-dha-Gaya, which probably dates from a time earlier thanthe Siinchi rail, there are two figures fully dressed from theneck to the middle of the leg, in a garment which appearsstrongK like \.\\q. jama of the present day. Woodcut No. from them to Amaravati, the reader will find,among an endless host of nudes and seminudes, figures, theshape of whose habiliments is unmistakabi} due to the tailorsart. (Plates LXVI and LXXXIV., P^ig. 2.) The figures ofBuddha and of priests are also everywhere clothed in a decentattire from the neck to the feet, though in their case the habitseems to be form
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