YOUNG MAN’S ANGARKHA Cotton, embroidered with silk floss, metal-wrapped thread and metal-strips Mughal Late 18th century Anonymous loan An angarkha (from a Sanskrit term meaning ‘body protector’) is a type of robe characterised by an insert panel over the chest. This young man’s angarkha is embroidered with a style of floral motif popular during the late Mughal era. Its floor-length skirt dates it to the late 18th century, when the fashion was for much longer robes than the knee-length of earlier decades. [01/08/2017] Robe [2001]