WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the dress code of Indus valley people
A
Seal, Dhoti
B
Shawl, Dhoti
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dress: People wore cotton and woolen garments. Two-piece dresses were worn by both men and women. The men wore a garment similar to the dhoti while the women wore skirts. The upper garments was a shawl worn around the shoulder.

Detailed explanation-2: -History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent can be traced to the Indus Valley civilization or earlier. Indians have mainly worn clothing made up of locally grown cotton. India was one of the first places where cotton was cultivated and used even as early as 2500 BCE during the Harappan era.

Detailed explanation-3: -The fashion of the Harappan and Mohenjo-Daro people consisted of loin cloth for men, wrap skirts and shoulder shawls for women, sandals made out of cloth and wood, and their cloths were made out of cotton and woolen yarn. Most of the time, the people would wear ornaments, necklaces, fillets, armlets.

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