Bathing and Personal Hygiene in Ancient India

First Online: January 01, 2002
Last Updated: March 09,2008

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.