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Bathing and Personal Hygiene in Ancient India

First Online: January 01, 2002
Last Updated: December 07, 2024

Table of Contents

  • History of Bathing in Karnataka -- Excerpts from a paper presented at the Sirsi History Conference, 1998

  • Aquatic acrobatics
  • Bathing Scene
  • Brass and copper vessels used in storing and heating water for bathing
  • Girls bathing in the river begging Krishna to return their clothes
  • History of Bathing in Karnataka
  • A housewife receives a towel after her bath -- Bhatkal sculpture
  • Lady having an oil bath
  • Man being assisted by two women to wash long hair
  • Medieval Women Engaged in Personal Grooming
  • A Woman holds a towel as another washes her hair
  • Woman in her Bath-robe?

See Also:

  • Old Time Parties -- Drinking habits of men and women of Karnataka as described in medieval texts and sculptures.

 

Personal Hygiene in Ancient India
Bathing & Grooming
in Ancient India

Pictures
A Woman holds a towel as another washes her hair Medieval Women Engaged in Personal GroomingLady having an oil bathMan being assisted by two women to wash long hair
A housewife receives a towel after her bath -- Bhatkal sculptureBrass and copper vessels used in storing and heating water for bathingAquatic acrobaticsGirls bathing in the river begging Krishna to return their clothes
Bathing SceneWoman in her Bath-robe?

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