DEFINATION OF BEAUTY IN ANCIENT BHARAT (INDIA)

It is a fact that from the ancient period of Kalidas’s Shakuntalam, Rome queen Cleopatra till date, women have all along been utilising the natural resources to beautify themselves. For fragrance and essence they have been using the oils of roses, jasmine, Eucalyptus, etc throughout from the ancient periods, even at that time, the queens had been taking baths with shikakai and kasturi for the beauty of their hairs. In ancient Bharat the juices of flowers, leaves, herbs, etc were commonly used by the women to enhance their beauties. The Indian women particularly the queens were using the sandal and coconut milk for adding beauty to their hairs. For beautifying their eyes, the kajal was being prepared by burning the Trifila, almonds, camphor, herbs etc in the rose oil. It was got prepared specially by the Mughal queen Noorjahan for use by herself. Not only this, the Mughal queens were using the trees bark and the powder of panna, lal and firoza for colouring their lips and for shading of their eyes respectively. The use of sandal’s powder after mixing in the rose oil is to give reddish shade to the cheeks.
Not only this but the use of combs of ivory and wood for combing the hairs and use of gold and silver lining for hair dressing were the clear examples that natural resources had always been playing a greater part for the enhancement of beauty by the women from the time immemorial.