Ancient Indian History

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Now, will you call the below men muNDa or ardha-muNDa?

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Thanks, Bodhi. It took quite some time to collect the information. The Yavana issue seemed for me too important on many grounds, especially chronology, to let it go.

About the Shikha, it looks like Arddha-MuNDa. In order to understand the different hairstyles, I have made this scheme:

A. Shikha or hairstyle with tuft
I. A-MuNDaH or unshaven
1. Pulastin loose hair with the lock twisted on the side or back
2. Kapardin knotted hair with the tuft on top, side or back


II. MuNDaH or shaven
1. only a Backlock
2. only a Front-or sidelock?

III. Arddha-MuNDaH or half-shaven
1. Backside tail
2. fronttail

B. A-shikha or tuftless hairstyle
1. Pulastin without tuft
2. MuNDA without tuft

Does it make sense?