Hairstyles in Ancient Indian Sculptures

[Diamondbell]

Virupaksha temple is the best known of the temples in Pattadakal, India. It was built by Queen Lokamahadevi in 745 AD to commemorate her husband King Vikramaditya II’s victory over the Pallavas of Kanchi. It has some of these interesting sculptures in there:

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x121/Diamondbell_photo/IMG_7570-2.jpg

Male on left and female on right
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x121/Diamondbell_photo/IMG_7558.jpg


(I will edit this tomorrow, it is just so huge! Sorry!!!)

[heidi w.]

Hair Archeologist Janet Stephens makes updo tutorials based on hairstyles presented to her by statuary. Really interesting stuff. These are amazing heads of hair. Lucky them.

heidi w.

[Diamondbell]

Yes... they have great hair... Only the images are really huge, I hope I can edit it tomorrow, I have to go and sleep now! I couldn't edit it, though I tried many times!!

[GeoJ]

Very interesting styles! Thanks for posting the photos. :)

[jacqueline101]

I like the hair styles from back then. They had amazing hair to do those styles with.

[Neecola]

Very interesting, thanks for posting!

And I like the huge pictures, it makes it easier to see the detail.

[Othala]

Fascinating. What do you think that is on the man's head in the second picture? It looks like his hair was wrapped around a head-piece of some kind. The women have nice, fat buns. Bet they had quite substantial lengths of hair.

[Tisiloves]

The female style looks a bit like a sideways log roll.

[Diamondbell]

Here's one more.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x121/Diamondbell_photo/IMG_7566_2-1.jpg

Othala that hairstyle seems impossible! It must be a headpiece.

[Arciela]

Interesting hair. It looks like a lot of work to achieve these :D