
These images show dancers and goddesses wearing what appears to be a dhoti wrap, a predecessor to the modern sari. Most of the present knowledge of ancient Indian clothing comes from rock sculptures and paintings in cave monuments such as Ellora. The grand epic Mahabharata, composed by about 400 BC, tells of the god Krishna staving off Draupadi's disrobing by bestowing an unending cheera upon her. Indian cotton clothing was well adapted to the dry, hot summers of the subcontinent.

Herodotus, an ancient Greek historian described Indian cotton as "a wool exceeding in beauty and goodness that of sheep".

The cotton industry in ancient India was well developed, and several of the methods survive until today.

Bone needles and wooden spindles have been unearthed in excavations at the site. India's recorded history of clothing goes back to the 5th millennium BC in the Indus Valley civilization where cotton was spun, woven and dyed. Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan's Karachi one held, booked for blasphemyīharatiya Janata Party leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa condemned the incident, calling it a "state-backed terror against minorities.Relief depicting men in antriya and uttariya, 1st century CE. He said 80 percent of power supply restoration has been done.

Power supply back in Jammu and Kashmir as staff call off strike after midnight talksĪn official said the strike has been called off by the protesting employees and they will resume duties on Tuesday. President Ram Nath Kovind to embark on a four day visit to Kerala from todayĭuring his visit to the southern state, the president will attend various events in Kasaragod, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, an official release said The ministry data updated on Tuesday also stated that India recorded 5,326 new cases of coronavirus infections, the lowest in 581 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,47,52,164 India records 200 cases of Omicron Maharashtra, Delhi each record 54 cases of COVID-19 variant
