The export trade of the Madras Presidency in madapollams and long cloths has been annihilated by the goods laid down by the British manufac turer in all the bazars of India.
The dress of Hindu men is of white inuslin or cotton cloth, and their upper coat is now generally sewed. The under garment for the lower part of the body, the do-wati or dhoti, is a loose unsewed wrapper or Cloth. Hindu women of all classes mostly wear uusewed Cloths of green, red, or yellow-coloured cotton, edged with silk or gold embroidery, and a bodice of cotton or silk.
The dress of the Bhattia men consists of a jama or tunic of white cloth or chintz, reaching to the knee ; the kamrband or cincture, tied so high as to present no appearance of waist ; trousers very loose, and in many folds, drawn tight at the ankle ; and a turban generally of a scarlet colour, rising conically full' a foot horn the bead. A dagger, shield, and sword complete the dress. The Bhattiani wears a fine woollen brilliant red gogra or petticoat, and scarf thirty feet in width. They also wear the chaori, or rings of ivory or deer horn, which cover their arms from the shoulder to the wrist, of value from sixteen to thirty-five rupees a set ; and silver kurri (massive rings or anklets) are worn by all classes, who deny them selves the necessaries of life until they attain this orna,ment.
John xix. 23 says, Without seam, woven from the top throughout ; ' and the clothes of a Hindu, who is not employed in the service of Europeans or Illuhaminaclans, are always without a seam ; have neither buttons nor strings, being merely cloths wrapped round the upper and lower parts of the body. A Brahman, strict, in bis religious observ ances, would,not on any account put on clothes which had been in the hands of a Muhammadan t ailor.
The, angarkha or undress coat, and the jama or dress coat, are worn only by men.
The anga is a sleeveless vest.
Buchhanee, ill Dharwar, is commonly worn as a waist-cloth by children of respectable people ; also worn by adults of the same class while sleep ing. Price one rupee two annas.
Chadar is a sheet. A chadar made to the order of Kunde Rao, the Gaekwar of Baroda, for a covering of the tomb of Mahomed at Medina, cost a kror of rupees. It was composed entirely of inwrought pearls and precious stones, disposed in an arabesque pattern. The effect was highly har monious.
Chanduse, a cotton scarf, coloured border and ends, used in Khyrpur.
The Choi/ or bodice of women is of silk or cotton, and is usually fastened in front. Many women of Gujerat also wear a gown. The choli is an under jacket worn by women. The thaus or choli pieces of Dharwar, of a description used by women work ing in the fields, cost three annas for each choli, or twelve annas the piece.
Cumbll are blankets of goats' hair or wool.
Every labouring family in the Peninsula has them. They cost from one to three rupees.
Kamrbands are sashes worn by men. They are of cotton and of silk.
The Dhotee, a flowing cloth for the body, from the waist to the feet, is worn by men, and is generally bordered with red, blue, or green like the toga prmtexta (limbo purpureo circumciata). Dhotees are usually worn so as to fall over and cover the greater portion of the lower limbs. One of a coarse cotton, commonly worn by cultivators and labourers in the field, imay cost about two rupees.
Izarband is of silk or cotton, and is a tie for trousers.
Khess, a chintz scarf in use in Hyderabad (Sind). Labada, a dressing-gown.
Loongee, or scarf of cotton, of silk, and of silk and cotton, is worn by men. Where of silk, it is usually enriched with a, border of gold and silver.
Mundasa, a cloth worn by the poorer classes in Dharwar ; costs 11 rupees.
The Paijama, or trousers, is worn both by men and women.
Panchrangi of Dharwar has a warp of silk and weft of cotton, worn ordinarily by dancing women, not considered proper for respectable, woinen; 1 than, 1 rupee 12 annas.
Panjee of Dharwar is a cloth used by well-to-do people to dry themselves after bathing, but also worn as a waist-cloth by poor people.
Patso of Burma is a cloth worn by men of all classes. In Akyab it is worn by the Mug race.
Pitambara means clothed in yellow garments. Hindu hermits, and many of the Hindu and Buddhist a,scetics, are required to wear clothes dyed of an ochrey yellow.
The Rumal or kerchief, the kamrband or waist belt, and the do-patta or sash, are men's garments. Salendong, a silk scarf of Singapore.
Salimote, a silk scarf of Singapore.
Saree, the Hindu woman'slower cloth, costs from two rupees and upwards. Each woman generally has a new one once a year. It is often, used also as an upper garment, in the form of a scarf for enveloping the person, one end being usually brought over the head as a covering. The saree, as used by women to cover the whole body, is the kalumma of Homer.
Selya, in the south of India, is a sheet or body covering in use amongst the poorer classes, cultivators, and labourers, wrapped round their shoulders and body when employed in the fields. Their usual cost is about 11 to 11 rupees. In Dharwar one is always presented to the bride groom by the relations of the bride, together with a turban.
Turbans of all kinds are worn by Hindus and Mahomedans, and known as dastar, pag,ri,—turban being from the Persian words, Sir-band, head binder. The Arabs and Turks call it Imamah. The other head-dresses are the rumal, the taj, and the topi. — Ward, Hindus iii. 186 ; Drs. Taylor and Watson, Ex. of 1862; 'Calcutta Review; Pioneer Newspaper.