The Indian CraftsmanDescription: The author has treated his subject from three points of view; the village, the town and the palace or temple, i.e. where the craftsman lived, worked and had their patrons. He has also minutely examined how the caste system, religion and the guild set up standards of quality and enforced their strict adherence. He has devoted an entire chapter to throw light on the system of education and training that ensure and regulated the right number of craftsmen for every craft at a particular period so that at no period there was neither a surplus nor a deficit of craftsmen. Ten appendices add further information from different angels. This book is indeed a welcome resurection at this particular time; for the traditional craftsmen are disappearing. The philosophy that sustained them through vicissitudes seems no longer valid. All those who have a love for Indian crafts and who want to either practise or preserve them will find this an excellent book. |
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Page 6
... amounts to £ 2 for paper - makers , and £ 50 for tinsmiths . No unqualified person can remain in or enter a guild . It ... amount of work to be done in their workshops , by strict bye- laws , enforced by the levy of fines . But this old ...
... amounts to £ 2 for paper - makers , and £ 50 for tinsmiths . No unqualified person can remain in or enter a guild . It ... amount of work to be done in their workshops , by strict bye- laws , enforced by the levy of fines . But this old ...
Page 9
... amount varies , in proportion to the importance of the trade , from Rs . 50 to Rs . 500. The revenue derived from these fees , and from fines , is expended in parts to the mem- bers of the guild , and in charity . Charitable ...
... amount varies , in proportion to the importance of the trade , from Rs . 50 to Rs . 500. The revenue derived from these fees , and from fines , is expended in parts to the mem- bers of the guild , and in charity . Charitable ...
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... amounts to what we should now call an income tax , or more exactly , a royalty , the due contribution from the trader ... amount which men well acquainted with the settlement of tolls and duties , and skillful in estimating the value of ...
... amounts to what we should now call an income tax , or more exactly , a royalty , the due contribution from the trader ... amount which men well acquainted with the settlement of tolls and duties , and skillful in estimating the value of ...
Contents
THE VILLAGE CRAFTSMAN | 1 |
THE CRAFT GUILDS OF THE GREAT CITIES | 5 |
THE FEUDAL CRAFTSMAN IN INDIA AND CEYLON | 14 |
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The Indian Craftsman: With a Short Biography and Tributes Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy No preview available - 2018 |
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Ahmedabad Ananda ancient art and craft artisans artist Arts of India beautiful blacksmith Brahmans Buddha Buddhist builders building carpenter caste century ceremony Ceylon cloth colour competition Coomaraswamy Craft Guilds craftsmanship craftsmen cultivated culture decorated departmental Disava district duties E.B. Havell European festival five give gold goldsmiths granted handicraft hereditary Hindu honour important Indian Art Indian craftsman Industrial Arts inscription interesting Jataka jewellery kammalar Kandy Kandyan king's kiriya of land Kosala Kottal-badde labour Lafcadio Hearn lamp living Mahavamsa manors Maratha master mediaeval merchant Mitrananda modern one's organisation ornament painter painting palace Pataliputra patron payment person piece plaster potters practice present pupil Raja Ramayana received regulation relation religious royal armoury Sanskrit servants share Sinhala Sinhalese Sir George Birdwood skill Smith social society Sopara Sultan supply tamarind seed temple tenant things tion trade guilds traditional vihara village community wages washerman workshop