Category: Dokra – Parables in metal
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STONEWARES OF WEST BENAL – The marriage of beauty with utility
By – Snigdhendu Kumar Show. The stoneware of West Bengal move about today, and thanks to the tradesmen, they are kept moving from place to place, from the quarry-site to the artisans’ workshops, from the workshops to the markets and shops, and lastly from the shops to the cupboards or kitchens of the households or…
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Dokra – Parables in Metal
A journey from the land in between the river Tigris & Euphrates to the land of the river Ganges in India. – By Snigdhendu kumar Show World’s three most ancient civilizations were Sumerian, Eyptian and Sindhu or Indus, starting from the land of Mesopotamia ( today’s Iraque ), Egypt and Indus vally ( Mahenjodaro &…