The chamail is a type of poncho-like clothing from Central Asia.[2]
As a result of Central-Asian influence, this type of clothing also appears in Indian works of art of the 1st millennium CE, as in AjantaorBagh.[2] The chamail was probably introduced in India by the Sakas or the Kushans.[2] The chamail also appears in Gandharan Buddhist sites such as Fondukistan and Bamiyan, and even as far as Xinjiang.[2]InKashmir also, the chamail appears on the Buddha or Bodhisattavas during the 6-7th century CE.[2]
![A foreigner in Sasanian dress drinking wine, on the ceiling of the central hall of Cave 1, Ajanta, likely a generic scene from an object imported from Central Asia (460–480 CE).[3][4]](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ajanta_Cave_1_ceiling_foreign_dignitary.jpg)
![Wearer of a chamail (right) in the Penjikent murals.[2]](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Penjikent._Faramarz_and_the_Princess_of_Kahila%2C_before_King_Key_Khosrow_and_Rostam.jpg)
