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  2. History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    "To capture the sensuality of the female figures in Rajput paintings, women were depicted wearing transparent fabrics draped around their bodies". [16] Rajput women's main attire was the Sari (wrapped over whole body and one of the ends thrown on the right shoulder) or Lengha related with the Rajasthani traditional dress.

  3. Purdah - Wikipedia

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    In the past around the 1970s, upper and middle-class women in towns in Pakistan would wear burqas over their normal clothes in public. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] The burqa was the most visible dress in Pakistan. [ citation needed ] It is typically a tent-like garment worn over the ordinary clothes and is made of white cotton.

  4. Brahmin - Wikipedia

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    Brahmin (/ ˈ b r ɑː m ɪ n /; Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण, romanized: brāhmaṇa) is a varna within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the Kshatriya , Vaishya and Shudra .

  5. Rajasthani people - Wikipedia

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    Women wear dress according to their caste culture. Poshak is worn by Rajput, Rajpurohit and Charan women only(As per tradition). However, dress style changes with lengths and breaths of vast Rajasthan. Dhoti is worn in different ways in Marwar (Jodhpur area) or Shekhawati (Jaipur area) or Hadoti (Bundi area).

  6. Clothing in India - Wikipedia

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    In India, women's clothing varies widely and is closely associated with the local culture, religion and climate. Traditional Indian clothing for women across the country in Indian includes saris worn with choli tops; a skirt called a lehenga or chaniya worn with choli and a dupatta scarf to create an ensemble called a ghagra choli ; while many ...

  7. Rajput - Wikipedia

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    Rajput women could be incorporated into Mughal Harem and this defined the Mughals as overlords over the Rajput clans. The Sisodia clan of Mewar was an exception as they refused to send their women to the Mughal Harem which resulted in siege and mass suicide at Chittor. [235]

  8. Rajpurohit - Wikipedia

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    Rajpurohit is a Brahmin community, who as a rule, did not provide Brahminical services as expected with the caste duties of Brahmins. Their ancestors are Brahmins, mostly notable Rishis of different sub castes such as Gaur, Paliwal Gaur, Khandelwal, Pushkarna, Nagar, Pareek, Dadheech and Bias but majority of them has Gaur lineage.

  9. Rajputisation - Wikipedia

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    These Rajput groups (khasa) of Kumaon, Uttarakhand today were formally classified Shudra but had successfully converted to Rajput status during the rule of Chand Rajas (that ended in 1790). [29] Similarly, the Rajputs of Gharwal were originally of low ritual status and did not wear the sacred thread until the 20th century.