At times we come across things on Twitter that we could not have imagined. We recently found a thread that shows ancient Indian men used to wear sandals similar to what Bata sells now.

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Twitter user, V Gopalan shared pictures of 900-year-old sculptures from an ancient temple in the town of Avudayarkoil in Tamil Nadu with the caption, "Ancient Indian men were very fashionable centuries back! They were wearing sandals thousand years back - the same model which BATA INDIA sells today! Zoom in to the pictures to see the similarity! Avudayar Koil, TN #IndianHeritage"

Ancient Indian men were very fashionable centuries back!



They were wearing sandals thousand years back - the same model which BATA INDIA sells today!



Zoom in to the pictures to see the similarity!



Avudayar Koil, TN #IndianHeritage pic.twitter.com/gPeDoXOor7 V Gopalan (@TheGopalan) January 4, 2020

The pictures shows that the sandals worn by ancient Indian men are strikingly similar to the ones that the brand Bata sells today.

The Twitter thread became more interesting when another user mentioned that even women used to wear heels in that era.

Twitter user Pravesh Kanthed shared a picture proving the same with the caption, "Wearing heels 1400 yrs back! Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchi."

Great! V Gopalan (@TheGopalan) January 4, 2020

Some hundred years ago, Indian women were even using High heeled footwears. And the West thinks its their fashion statement pic.twitter.com/p67cHkeOaj Hugo Stiglitz (@crawling_hills) January 4, 2020

looks like a Nayaka period sculpture. Raivata (@bhimpandav) January 4, 2020

I've also seen this on the Bhairava statue in Madhurai Temple January 4, 2020

also there is a case of keeping hunting knife...similar to holster..for pistol.. today...



i have read somewhere, that when the Rome was not formed and even before the Athens come into existence, Kashi had already reached to its greatness. #OldestContinousLivingCity India My Religion (@aloksom) January 4, 2020

900 years. V Gopalan (@TheGopalan) January 4, 2020

This is the best thing that we have seen on the internet today.

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