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I will mention a few reliefs separately. For the most primitive dress of the desafolk 0 34 has very good examples; here we see very distinctly the single loincloth or sarong with a belt. O 111

Series O Plate XIV 111 879b.JPG

shows a bit of headgear not seen anywhere else; that is if the wide round, pointed object one of the. women is holding is really a sun-hat such as is still used for work in the fields at the present day; of course it might be a basin or a rice dish. Among the poor people in series O we noticed there were some wearing a sort of wreath on their head, the same thing appears continually in places without it being possible to make out what kind of people it really belongs to; there are brahmans (for inst. IBa 71

balustrade Series IBa Plate IX 71 1650.JPG balustrade

IIB 35, 80

Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate VII 35 3545b.JPG Awad-Jatakas	Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate XV 80 3563b.JPG Awad-Jatakas

but also female servants II 80

De Gandawyuha Series II Plate XL 80 3054.JPG De Gandawyuha

and merchants Ib 67

main wall Series Ib Plate XXXIV 67 1191b.JPG main wall

In the last case foreigners appear in the story and we might think this sort of dress was specially meant to distinguish them; but comparison with the text shews us that though this may hold good for some of the reliefs it is not general. On Ib 58

main wall Series Ib Plate XXIX 58 1186a.JPG main wall

however the men in this dress who nearly all have beards, andcurious rolled-up earrings, are very foreign-looking, on Ib 59

main wall Series Ib Plate XXX 59 1187b.JPG main wall

the same sort of persons are in attendance on a yaksa. They appear in this series continually, especially as attendants and servants, never as chief persons. It cannot be some special costume for solemn or festive occasions, it is not general enough for that and besides it is wanting just where the text describes feasts and ceremonies. We fail to discover what rules have guided the sculptors in this respect; it is perhaps better not to attach too much importance to what may be only a longing for variety or the fancy of some particular artist.