During World Heritage Week November 19-25 an exhibition of terracotta statuettes showcased women with a variety of unique hairstyles.

Ancient india women's hairstyles. The fashion in India or anywhere else in the world always repeats itself in a decade or two bringing neoteric twists to the current fashion. The sculptures represented the evolution of Indian womens beauty styles from an earlier time. Likewise it was a generalized costume in China that widow women who didnt want to marry again shaved their heads as a sign of indifference.

It is said history repeats itself and it is no different for fashion. Arthashastra has mentioned that two styles of hair dressing by women were prevalent in the society the hair arranged in braids or shaven heads. Where the women of Gauda would wear their hair in a top knot or plait the.

As per the Natya Shastra the ancient Indian text on the performing arts women would often take on hairstyles in accordance to their regional locations. Women of all ages have a fixation - sad in the light of how varied womens breasts really are in texture - on pertness and firmness Wolf 1995246-7 The sort of detailed social study of womens responses to beauty that Wolf does with modern society cannot be undertaken in ancient India. Single women or yimei arranged their hair in a plait while married women or yisao used a bun tied in the top of the head.

Where the women of Gauda would wear their hair in a top knot or plait the. Traditionally the beauty of the hair of Indian girls was based first of all on their health and well-being. Women from the East were not known to commonly wear wigs preferring to create elaborate hairstyles from their own hair instead.

Most women preferred to comb their hair smoothly from the forehead back after which they were placed on the back of the neck or lower on the neck in a beautiful bunch resembling a three-dimensional hemisphere or a snail. As per the Natya Shastra the ancient Indian text on the performing arts women would often take on hairstyles in accordance to their regional locations. Hairstyles are well-delineated in stone and terracotta sculptures paintings and.

The hairstyles of Indian women have been famous for their plainness and simplicity. Female statues and terracotta arts and figurines like a dancing girl also depict long hairs probably braided and draped in cloth. Hairstyles in Ancient Indian Sculptures.