Antariya
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An Antariya is a lower body garment from ancient India. It is a long white or coloured strip of cotton passed through the legs, tucked at the back and covering the legs loosely, then flowing into long
Painting of Shakuntala and her friends wearing an antariya, Raja Ravi Varma.
Women in choli (blouse) and antariya c. 320 CE, Gupta Empire
Relief depicting men in antariya and uttariya, 1st century CE
Shakuntala
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Shakuntala is a heroine in ancient Indian literature, best known for her portrayal in the ancient Sanskrit play Abhijnanashakuntalam, written by the classical poet Kalidasa in the 4th or 5th century A
Antariya
…Painting of Shakuntala and her friends wearing an antariya, Raja Ravi Varma. An Antariya (antarīya) is a lower body garment from ancient India. It is a long white or coloured…
Shakuntala writing a love letter to Dushyanta, a scene from the play painted by Raja Ravi Varma
The Birth of Shakuntala, one of the most famous lithographs by Raja Ravi Varma, depicting Vishvamitra rejecting Menaka and his daughter.
Dushyanta meet Shakuntala, from a folio of Razmnama, the 16th century Persian translation of the Mahabharata
Kalidasa's version features much dramatized variant of the tale. One of Kalidasa's additions include the sage Durvasa cursing Shakuntala (pictured)