Indravadan Modi Reward Points : 23300 Member Since : Saturday, January 10, 2009
I want to know about the influence of Mughals in delineating Indian costumes..
Posted On : 4/9/2009 2:22:54 AM
Babulal Tiwari [Guru] Reward Points : 51700 Member Since : Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Renowned Historian Harbans Mukhiya opines that the practice of ghunghat pre-dated the Mughal rule. Purdah worn by Muslim women in the South Asian sub-continent is not seen in any other country or region that was a Mughal influence. Covering head by wearing a head scarf or chador is more in practice in other countries. In fact, the purdah or burqa worn by Indian Muslim women is modified and adopted form of ghunghat worn by Hindu women.
With the ushering in of Islamic rule in India the mode of head-dress underwent a sea-change and the Persian and Central Asian influence was soon observed in the country s main fashion flow. According to Jamila Brij Bhushan in the Muslim period The caps worn were of many shapes pointed with a boss at the tip,conical with broad,upturned brim,triangular or pointed.Sometimes it was down-shape with seems visible in the middle .We observe that Mughal nobility sported varied kind of Pugrees.About the Mughal emperor Jahengir Francois Bernier noted that The turban of gold cloth, had an airgrette sic whose base was composed of diamonds of an extra ordinary size and value,besides an oriental topaz which may be pronounced unparalleled exhibiting lusture like Sun . For commoners we find a reference of a Pugree known as Kaj Kulah One who wears his cap awry . Amir Khushru wrote that the dandies of Delhi wore the type of caps which were short turban and oblique caps .Another peot,Mir Tazi Mir, wrote that this Kaj Kulah was donned by people of older age as if to hold on to their youthfulness. It can be observed from the contemporary paintings and literature that till the time of Akbar, Persian dress was worn by the Muslims in India,But during Akbar s rule an Indo-Muslim cultural amalgamation took place which paved the path for induction of Rajputana head-dresses . Jamila Brij Bhushan wrote The Mughal turban different from the contemporary Bakhara type is not having loose fringed ends striking out of both sides...It may have been at this time that the veil the dupatta of the Rajput women,surperseded the woman s turban in the Zenans of the Kings and nobles . In the Muslim era Pugree was universally acknowledged as an emblem of dignity.
Posted On : 4/9/2009 11:21:16 PM
Indu Tripathi Reward Points : 22900 Member Since : Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Most Indian weddings can never be complete without the heavily embroidered or embellished saris, but another such popular garment in the Indian clothing is the Ghaghra Choli or the Lehenga Choli. Also known as the Sharara at times, this traditional dress was first introduced to India during the Mughal rule. The influence of the Mughals is evident in the costumes designed for the Kathak performance also.
Mughal Influence In Indian Costumes
