History and Heritage of Indian Handicrafts and its Market with Special Reference to Selected Handicrafts of West Bengal.

Authors

  • Mustakima Khatun

Keywords:

Handicraft, Artisans, Colonial, Market, Indian

Abstract

The Indian handicraft has a 5000-year-old history and can be traced from the Indus Valley civilization period. From that time Indian handicrafts evolved into various forms. It not only accelerated on its own but it adopted so many outer things, when the colonial period started in this country the craftsmen and their art tried to adopt the taste of their foreign colonial masters and successfully made fusion handicrafts. If we divide the periods of the handicrafts of this country, we can say there are mainly three eras of Indian handicrafts, ancient, medieval, and modern, we can also say the pre-British era, the British colonial era, and the post-British colonial era. In this paper, we will elaborate on these periods and we will also discuss specifically a little about Bengal’s handicraft market and try to create a deeper understanding of the history and heritage of the Indian handicrafts and its market.

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28-04-2024

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Khatun, M. (2024). History and Heritage of Indian Handicrafts and its Market with Special Reference to Selected Handicrafts of West Bengal. Journal of Cultural Research Studies, 3(1), 61–72. Retrieved from https://culturalstudies.in/journal/index.php/JCRS/article/view/58

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