Author: Baidyanath Saraswati
Publisher: Abhinav Publications
ISBN: 9788170170914
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This Is An Unusual Exploration Into India S Timeless Civilization By An Enthropologist Who Has Devoted Six Years To Extensive Survey Of The Peasant Potters Of More Than Half Of India. The Author Of This Book , Writes Professor N.K. Bose , Has Applied Some Methods In The Study Of Indian Culture Which&. Have Not Been Used By Any Other Student Of Cultural Anthropology In This Country. His Method Of Correlation Of Material Culture With The Total Cultural System Marks A Departure From The Conventional Studies Of Cultural Processes. He Has Suggested New Methods Of Reconstructing History, And His Data On Contemporary Pottery Making Afford A Reassessment Of Indian Archaeological Materials.The Author S Extensive Experience With Inter-Disciplinary Inquiry Yields Insight. From A Detailed Analysis Of The Ethnographic Data On Pottery Making, He Makes Some Significant Observations: There Is Continuity In Potter-Craft Tradition In India, Traceable From The Pre-Historic Times. The Survival Of The Ethnic Groups Of Potters, Well Within Their Respective Technological Zones Of Pre-Historic Pottery Making, Makes The Aryanization Of India Doubtful. Different Regions Of India Have Evolved Their Own Indigenous Cultures Providing Extreme Diversity To The Material Base Of Indian Society-Their Unity Lies In The Basic Philosophy Of Life, In The Higher Forms Of Culture. To An Average Indian, The Diversity Of Cultures-Food, Dress, Language, Worship-Does Not Really Matter, So Long As He Believes That Every Way Of Life Has Its Own Contribution To Humanity, And That Before The Inexorable Law Of Nature, Every Being Has An Equal Right To Survive Through The Full Course Of Its Cosmic Life. This Idealization Of Diversity Has Helped India Develop A Tradition Of Tolerance, Which Is The Soul Of Her Civilization.Apart From Its Contribution To Anthropology, The Book Will Be Of Particular Interest To Historians Of Culture And Philosophers Of Social History
Pottery-making Cultures and Indian Civilization
Author: Baidyanath Saraswati
Publisher: Abhinav Publications
ISBN: 9788170170914
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This Is An Unusual Exploration Into India S Timeless Civilization By An Enthropologist Who Has Devoted Six Years To Extensive Survey Of The Peasant Potters Of More Than Half Of India. The Author Of This Book , Writes Professor N.K. Bose , Has Applied Some Methods In The Study Of Indian Culture Which&. Have Not Been Used By Any Other Student Of Cultural Anthropology In This Country. His Method Of Correlation Of Material Culture With The Total Cultural System Marks A Departure From The Conventional Studies Of Cultural Processes. He Has Suggested New Methods Of Reconstructing History, And His Data On Contemporary Pottery Making Afford A Reassessment Of Indian Archaeological Materials.The Author S Extensive Experience With Inter-Disciplinary Inquiry Yields Insight. From A Detailed Analysis Of The Ethnographic Data On Pottery Making, He Makes Some Significant Observations: There Is Continuity In Potter-Craft Tradition In India, Traceable From The Pre-Historic Times. The Survival Of The Ethnic Groups Of Potters, Well Within Their Respective Technological Zones Of Pre-Historic Pottery Making, Makes The Aryanization Of India Doubtful. Different Regions Of India Have Evolved Their Own Indigenous Cultures Providing Extreme Diversity To The Material Base Of Indian Society-Their Unity Lies In The Basic Philosophy Of Life, In The Higher Forms Of Culture. To An Average Indian, The Diversity Of Cultures-Food, Dress, Language, Worship-Does Not Really Matter, So Long As He Believes That Every Way Of Life Has Its Own Contribution To Humanity, And That Before The Inexorable Law Of Nature, Every Being Has An Equal Right To Survive Through The Full Course Of Its Cosmic Life. This Idealization Of Diversity Has Helped India Develop A Tradition Of Tolerance, Which Is The Soul Of Her Civilization.Apart From Its Contribution To Anthropology, The Book Will Be Of Particular Interest To Historians Of Culture And Philosophers Of Social History
Publisher: Abhinav Publications
ISBN: 9788170170914
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This Is An Unusual Exploration Into India S Timeless Civilization By An Enthropologist Who Has Devoted Six Years To Extensive Survey Of The Peasant Potters Of More Than Half Of India. The Author Of This Book , Writes Professor N.K. Bose , Has Applied Some Methods In The Study Of Indian Culture Which&. Have Not Been Used By Any Other Student Of Cultural Anthropology In This Country. His Method Of Correlation Of Material Culture With The Total Cultural System Marks A Departure From The Conventional Studies Of Cultural Processes. He Has Suggested New Methods Of Reconstructing History, And His Data On Contemporary Pottery Making Afford A Reassessment Of Indian Archaeological Materials.The Author S Extensive Experience With Inter-Disciplinary Inquiry Yields Insight. From A Detailed Analysis Of The Ethnographic Data On Pottery Making, He Makes Some Significant Observations: There Is Continuity In Potter-Craft Tradition In India, Traceable From The Pre-Historic Times. The Survival Of The Ethnic Groups Of Potters, Well Within Their Respective Technological Zones Of Pre-Historic Pottery Making, Makes The Aryanization Of India Doubtful. Different Regions Of India Have Evolved Their Own Indigenous Cultures Providing Extreme Diversity To The Material Base Of Indian Society-Their Unity Lies In The Basic Philosophy Of Life, In The Higher Forms Of Culture. To An Average Indian, The Diversity Of Cultures-Food, Dress, Language, Worship-Does Not Really Matter, So Long As He Believes That Every Way Of Life Has Its Own Contribution To Humanity, And That Before The Inexorable Law Of Nature, Every Being Has An Equal Right To Survive Through The Full Course Of Its Cosmic Life. This Idealization Of Diversity Has Helped India Develop A Tradition Of Tolerance, Which Is The Soul Of Her Civilization.Apart From Its Contribution To Anthropology, The Book Will Be Of Particular Interest To Historians Of Culture And Philosophers Of Social History
POTTERY IN RAJASTHAN
Author: KRAMER CAROL
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Focusing on traditional urban potters in the northwest Indian cities of Jodhpur and Udaipur, this sociological study examines the relationships among present-day potters, distributors, and vendors in order to better understand the organization of early complex societies and to identify different kinds of early craft specialists.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Focusing on traditional urban potters in the northwest Indian cities of Jodhpur and Udaipur, this sociological study examines the relationships among present-day potters, distributors, and vendors in order to better understand the organization of early complex societies and to identify different kinds of early craft specialists.
Terracotta of Rajasthan
Author: Pramod Kumar (Artist)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780868030302
Category : Hinduism
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780868030302
Category : Hinduism
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Terracotta Art of Rajasthan
Author: Urmila Sant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Ceramic Ethnography of the Two Eco-cultural Zones of Rajasthan
Author: Pritish Chaudhuri
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789385161834
Category : Ethnic art
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789385161834
Category : Ethnic art
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Pottery in India
Author: Gurcharan Singh
Publisher: Advent Books Division Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher: Advent Books Division Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Arts and Crafts of Rajasthan
Author: Aman Nath
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Pottery Techniques in Peasant India
Author: Baidyanath Saraswati
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Historic Rajasthan
Author: Hamendar Bhisham Pal
Publisher: New Delhi : Sagar Publications, [1974 i.e. 1973]
ISBN:
Category : Rajasthan (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
On the cultural heritage of Rajasthan.
Publisher: New Delhi : Sagar Publications, [1974 i.e. 1973]
ISBN:
Category : Rajasthan (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
On the cultural heritage of Rajasthan.
Progress and Prospects of Pottery Industry in India
Author: Keshav Chandra Gupta
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788170990512
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788170990512
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description