Crafts and Craftsmen in Pre-Colonial Eastern India Technology and Culture

This book presents a comprehensive socio-cultural history of crafts and crafts persons in pre-colonial eastern India. It offers an in-depth analysis of craft technologies in the three sectors of cotton textile, sericulture and silk textile and mining and metallurgy in eastern India in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

About the author

Asha Shukla Choubey is Associate Professor in the Department of History, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, India. With a teaching experience of close to four decades, her specialisation lies in Medieval Indian History, particularly crafts in medieval India. She is currently involved in exploring issues of state and sovereignty based on the study of the epic poem Ramcharitmanas. Her research papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals. She has contributed study material to the School of Open Learning, University of Delhi and National Open School, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi.

Summary

This book presents a comprehensive socio-cultural history of crafts and crafts persons in pre-colonial eastern India. It offers an in-depth analysis of craft technologies in the three sectors of cotton textile, sericulture and silk textile and mining and metallurgy in eastern India in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Asha Shukla Choubey, Asha Shukla (Indraprastha College for Wom Choubey, Asha Shukla (Indraprastha College for Women Choubey
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.11.2021
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography
• EAN: 9780367557515
• ISBN: 978-0-367-55751-5
• Pages: 236
• Subjects: History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Cultural Studies, Asia, SCIENCE / History, Mining, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, India, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Science, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Bihar, Jharkhand, Weaving, Regional Geography, Spinning, Census, Metallurgy, caste, Socio-economic history, Oral Traditions, Sericulture, Mulberry, bales, Bihar Peasant Life, Raw Silk, Silk Piece Goods, Caste Identity, caste mobility studies, Jajmani System, medieval Indian history, textile production systems, mining metallurgy research, gendered craft labour, caste-based craft traditions in Bihar Jharkhand, sericulture technology, Iron smelting, Metal Crafts, East India Company’s Export, craft technologies, Bhaktas, Bhagalpur District, Bengal Secretariat Press, Jajmani Relations, caste and crafts, Asan Trees, Santal Pargana, Filature Silk, metal craft, Washer Man, crafts in medieval India, Gumla, Silk Textiles, Patna Museum, Cotton Textiles, Non-caste Hinduism, Tasar Silk, Crude Iron, Tasar, Iron Smelters, Production Organisations, Silk Textile