use in dress and adornment...comparatively little and very slowly. It generally emphasized a draped style of dress, the garments consisting of pieces of material held in place around the body by knots tied in the fabric and by belts, sashes, and collars. Little sewing was needed, being confined generally to side seams and, in later years, to armholes. This draped type of dress conformed to that of other civilizations in......to appear in wide-sleeved, hip-length jackets, belted at the waist, and in full-length skirt-trousers. The corresponding dress for noblemen was a narrower, tunic-style jacket, cuffed at the wrists, belted, and worn with roomy trousers bound in at the ankles. The most striking evidence of Chinese influence at this time is to be seen in the style of the ......very early type of Hindu amulet called a nauratan was made of a gold plaque with nine precious stones fastened above it. A series of nauratans could be used to form a necklace. Jeweled belts followed the shape of the body and often had extra pieces that reached up to the neck or down to the bracelets worn around the thigh. Ankle bracelets were often linked by tiny decorative chains...
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