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The dress of the male consists of two pieces Of cotton cloth, each containing about two yards. The one, called the dhotee, is gift about the loins and extends to the ankles. The other, called the chadder, ls worn over the shoulders. The dress of the female 13 called a saree, and consists of a single plece Of cloth of from four to seven yards. One end of this piece is wrapped around the loins, the Width reaching to the feet; the other is gracefully thrown around the shoulders. In some parts of the country, It also covers the head. The children wear no clothing until they are from five to eight years of age but they are frequently deco rated with ornaments and jewels of considerable value.
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The dress of the male consists of two pieces Of cotton cloth, each containing about two yards. The one, called the dhotee, is gift about the loins and extends to the ankles. The other, called the chadder, ls worn over the shoulders. The dress of the female 13 called a saree, and consists of a single plece Of cloth of from four to seven yards. One end of this piece is wrapped around the loins, the Width reaching to the feet; the other is gracefully thrown around the shoulders. In some parts of the country, It also covers the head. The children wear no clothing until they are from five to eight years of age but they are frequently deco rated with ornaments and jewels of considerable value.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Alexander Duff was educated in the humanities and history at Carleton University and received his PhD from the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He has held fellowships from the Tocqueville Program for Inquiry into Religion and American Public Life at the University of Notre Dame and in the Program for the Study of the Western Heritage at Boston College, and has taught at Wake Forest University and Skidmore College. He has written widely in the history of political philosophy, and his publications on classical, modern, and contemporary political philosophy have appeared in both scholarly and popular publications.
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