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    The document describes costumes of the early Satavahana period from 200-100 BC based on depictions. Men commonly wore short tunics called kancukas of varying lengths and neckline styles. Wealthier men and the king wore antariyas, short wraps tied in different styles. Both men and women wore their long hair in elaborate turban-like styles wrapped in cloth. Women's costumes included short wraps and long scarves. Soldiers wore short-sleeved tunics or jackets and elaborate turbans or double topknots, and were armed with axes, bows or sickles. Palace guards wore long wraps with heavy cloaks.

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    The document describes costumes of the early Satavahana period from 200-100 BC based on depictions. Men commonly wore short tunics called kancukas of varying lengths and neckline styles. Wealthier men and the king wore antariyas, short wraps tied in different styles. Both men and women wore their long hair in elaborate turban-like styles wrapped in cloth. Women's costumes included short wraps and long scarves. Soldiers wore short-sleeved tunics or jackets and elaborate turbans or double topknots, and were armed with axes, bows or sickles. Palace guards wore long wraps with heavy cloaks.

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    The document describes costumes of the early Satavahana period from 200-100 BC based on depictions. Men commonly wore short tunics called kancukas of varying lengths and neckline styles. Wealthier men and the king wore antariyas, short wraps tied in different styles. Both men and women wore their long hair in elaborate turban-like styles wrapped in cloth. Women's costumes included short wraps and long scarves. Soldiers wore short-sleeved tunics or jackets and elaborate turbans or double topknots, and were armed with axes, bows or sickles. Palace guards wore long wraps with heavy cloaks.

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    Early Satavahana

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     Early Satavahana [200-100 B.C.

    ]
    Costume

    In the first Century BC we find tunics, Kancuka in the stripes or beehive design worn by attendants or
    hunters.
     The kancuka are of mid-thigh length with short or long sleeves; in some the opening is on the left side,
    and in others it is at the front.
     The tunic worn by a king in hunting dress has no discernible opening at the neck, so it is probably at the
    back.
     Necklines too differed in that some were V-shaped and others were round in shape.
     With the tunic a thick Kayabandh was wound once or twice around the waist. An elaborate turban ushnisa,
    intertwined with the long black hair of the aborigine wearers was also worn.
     In addition to these, hunters wore two-bar type sandals with a strap for buckling, which is still seen in the
    Deccan.
     village women too changed their costume using short antariyas, large uttariyas with elaborate board
    borders covering the head and back, tikkas on the forehead and a series of or ivory bangles on the arms.
    female attendant wore transparent long antariyas with loose kayabandhs tied in a knot at the centre
    having beautiful ornamental tips.
     Their many �stringed girdles or mekhala were made of beads. Shoulder-length hair held by fillets or top
    knots tied.
     The king and most of his courtiers wore indigenous antariya, short and informal at home, with the longer
    style worn in a variety of ways on ceremonial occasions.
     With this the decorative kayabandh was tied in different styles and knots.
     The kayabandh could be tied like a thick cord or be worn looped in a semi-circle at the front with
    conspicuous side tassels, or be made of thick twisted silk.
     The ushnisa was always worn and a crown or tiara was used when necessary.

    Headgear and Hairstyles



    The aboriginal jungle women wore rolls and headbands with peacock feathers attached.
     Village women and commoners wore their hair in a simple knot at the nape covered by a large uttariya,
    which, at times, had elaborate broad borders.
     Court attendants and women of the richer classes wore their hair more fashionably, either in a topknot on
    the right side with a loop of flowers suspended or in a plait.
     A fillet, simple or gold embroidered could be worn to hold it in place.

    Most often, the long hair of men was worn intertwined with lengths of cloth to form an ushnisa in a variety
    of ways.
     Frequently it had a knot - the original top knot of the aboriginal-covered with the cloth of the turban.
     This knot could be at centre front or protrude over the forehead in a conch-shell shape, or the tuft of hair
    could be visible on top of the turban.

    Jewellery
    Jewellery in this period had a massive primitive character in strong contrast to that worn in the later Satavahana
    period. the kancuka or tunic, is worn by hunters, attendants and soldiers, very little or no jewellery is seen. Most
    often it consists of just earrings of the wheel pattern type.

    Commonly jewellery however, consisted of Lambanam, earrings, and a pair of kangan and bajuband for the males.

    Women did not wear the baju band but wore a large number of bangles made of conch or ivory, disc-type
    earrings, the lambanam, and tikka on the forehead.

    Women attendants at court wore, in addition, the mekhala.

    Military Costume

    Soldiers wore short-sleeved tunics or jackets, with elaborate headgear consisting of either a turban with a topknot,
    chin band and earflaps or two topknots with a turban.

    They were equipped with axes, and bows and arrows, or carried sickles. Palace guards however wore the antariya
    with a heavy cloak draped over the left shoulder.

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