THE INDIAN CRAFTS-

ish

MAN: BY ANANDA K. COOMARASWAMY, D.SC.

Author of "Medieval Sinhalese Art."
With a Foreword by C. R. ASHBEE, M.A.

Um

PROBSTHAIN & CO.,

41, GREAT RUSSELL ST., LONDON, W.C.
1909

Orientalia arche. X-1-1923

Arch.

CONTENTS.

Chap.

FOREWORD..

I. THE VILLAGE CRAFTSMAN

The Village Community-" Five Trades "-Basis

of Society-Payment of Craftsmen.

II. THE CRAFT GUILDS OF THE GREAT CITIES

Page

V.-XV.

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Trade Guilds-Guilds in Ahmadabad-Guilds in

the Epics-Guild

Buddhist India.

Responsibility-Guilds in

III. THE FEUDAL CRAFTSMAN IN INDIA AND CEYLON ..

Kings' Craftsmen-King Craftsmen-A City

Rebuilt-Feudal Craftsmen in Ceylon-Royal

Builders in Ceylon-Temple Craftsmen in Ceylon

-In Southern India-Manorial Craftsmen-

Villages of Craftsmen Social Status The

Kammalar.

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IV. STANdard and REGULATION

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A Smith's Jurisdiction-The Maintenance of

Standard-The Degradation of Standard-Free

Trade and Protection.

V.-RELIGIOUS IDEAS IN CRAFTSMANSHIP

Noblesse oblige-Sva-dharma-Karma-Good and

Evil Craftsmen-Visvakarma-Rhythmic Archi-

tecture A Craft Ritual in Ceylon-Religious

Endowments-Then and Now-Civilization.

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VI.-EDUCATION

The Hereditary Craftsman-The Apprentice-

Simplicity of Tools-Leisure-Art and Commerce

-The Essentials.

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