clothing
Clothing is for the most part, similar for both men and women. The most common clothing of the civilization is a fabric wrapped around the lower part of the body, and a loose fitting garment for the upper body.
Women wear different types of clothing and jewelry. One type of clothing being a skirt type garment (dhoti), with a blouse (choli) and sometimes a scarf. Another type of clothing being a sari, which is a dress-like cotton or silk fabric with the loose end (pallu) thrown over the shoulder. The last type of clothing is worn mainly by tribal women, the adivasi is a length of fabric tied around the waist with no upper garment worn.
Men usually wear a dhoti. Men in the south rarely wear shirts, but men in the north wear a fitted upper garment. Male also wear a headdress called a turban. Women sometimes wore the turban too.
Due to the large area of India, many differences in clothing emerge, mostly due to climate differences. The southern Indus people wear much less clothing than people in the north since it is much warmer. Southern woman rarely wear an upper garment. Northern women wear a fitted upper garment with a loose one.
Clothing was made from resources found in each region. Cotton and wool are the most abundant, since silk was not introduced from China until around the 1st century B.C. (1 - 100 B.C).
Women wear different types of clothing and jewelry. One type of clothing being a skirt type garment (dhoti), with a blouse (choli) and sometimes a scarf. Another type of clothing being a sari, which is a dress-like cotton or silk fabric with the loose end (pallu) thrown over the shoulder. The last type of clothing is worn mainly by tribal women, the adivasi is a length of fabric tied around the waist with no upper garment worn.
Men usually wear a dhoti. Men in the south rarely wear shirts, but men in the north wear a fitted upper garment. Male also wear a headdress called a turban. Women sometimes wore the turban too.
Due to the large area of India, many differences in clothing emerge, mostly due to climate differences. The southern Indus people wear much less clothing than people in the north since it is much warmer. Southern woman rarely wear an upper garment. Northern women wear a fitted upper garment with a loose one.
Clothing was made from resources found in each region. Cotton and wool are the most abundant, since silk was not introduced from China until around the 1st century B.C. (1 - 100 B.C).