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India Pattern: 1797–1854 Standard Infantry Musket 1797–1854 (Some in use pre-1797 purchased from the East India Company for use in Egypt) 39 inches (990 mm) 55.25 inches (1,403 mm) 9.68 pounds (4.39 kg) New Land Pattern: 1802–1854 Issued only to the Foot Guards and 4th Regiment of Foot: 39 inches (990 mm) 55.5 inches (1,410 mm)
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the British East India Company introduced Kashmir shawls from India to England and Scotland, where they were extremely fashionable and soon duplicated. [15] The first place in the Western world to imitate the design was the town of Paisley in Scotland, Europe's top producer of textiles at this time. [16]
Mehndi is a popular form of body art in South Asia and resembles similar traditions of henna as body art found in North Africa, East Africa and the Middle East. There are many different names for mehndi across the languages of South Asia. There are many different designs and forms of mehndi, often known as henna.
The English East India Company sought quality textiles, finding the small fishing village of Madrasapattinam (Madras), and the company established a trading post there in the mid-17th century. [2] The first madras material [3] was a muslin overprinted or embroidered in elaborate patterns with vegetable dyes. [2]
A rangoli on the occasion of Diwali, Goa, India A rangoli made with flowers on the occasion of Onam Rangoli at Delhi, India Rangoli is an art form that originates from the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as powdered limestone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and coloured rocks.
Though of Persian origin, it is very common and called buta in India, Azerbaijan, Turkey and other countries of the Near East. [1] Via Kashmir shawls it spread to Europe at least in 19th century, where patterns using it are known since 1960s as paisleys, as Paisley, Renfrewshire in Scotland was a major centre imitating them.
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In east India, Odisha and West Bengal, Kalinga architecture was the broad temple style, with local variants, before the Muslim conquest. In antiquity, Bengal was a pioneer of painting in Asia under the Pala Empire. Miniature and scroll painting flourished during the Mughal Empire.