<P> Indians have mainly worn clothing made up of locally grown cotton . India was the one of the first places where cotton was cultivated and used even as early as 2500 BC during the Harappan era . The remnants of the ancient Indian clothing can be found in the figurines discovered from the sites near the Indus Valley Civilisation, the rock cut sculptures, the cave paintings, and human art forms found in temples and monuments . These scriptures view the figures of human wearing the clothes which can be wrapped around the body . Taking the instances of the sari to that of turban and the dhoti, the traditional Indian wears were mostly tied around the body in various ways . The clothing system was also related to the social and economic status of the person . The upper classes of the society wore fine muslin garments and silk fabrics while the common classes wore garments made up of locally made fabrics . For instance, women from rich families wore clothes (sari specifically) made up of silk from China, but the common women wore sari made up of cotton or local fabrics . The Indus civilisation knew the process of silk production . Recent analysis of Harappan silk fibres in beads have shown that silk was made by the process of reeling, the art known only to China till the early centuries AD . </P> <P> Evidences for textiles in Indus Valley Civilisation are not available from preserved textiles but from impressions made into clay and from preserved pseudomorphs . The only evidence found for clothing is from iconography and some unearthed Harappan figurines which are usually unclothed . These little depictions show that usually men wore a long cloth wrapped over their waist and fastened it at the back (just like a close clinging dhoti). Turban was also in custom in some communities as shown by some of the male figurines . Evidences also show that there was a tradition of wearing a long robe over the left shoulder in higher class society to show their opulence . The normal attire of the women at that time was a very scanty skirt up to knee length leaving the waist bare . Cotton made head dresses were also worn by the women . </P>

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