A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood
A HANDBOOK TO AGRA AND THE TAJ SIKANDRA, FATEHPUR-SIKRI, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOODBY E. B. HAVELL, A.R.C.A. PRINCIPAL, GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF ART, CALCUTTAFELLOW OF THE CALCUTTA UNIVERSITYWITH 14...
View ArticleChapter XIV, The Eighteenth Century to the Present Day
WITH the usurpation of Aurangzîb in 1658, Mogul architecture practically ceased to exist as a separate school, though the master-builders, whose occupation at the Delhi court was gone, carried with...
View ArticleW.P. 1943 (W) of 2014 - Mala Mukherjee vs Union Of India and Ors
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDEPresent: Hon'ble Justice Dipankar DattaW.P. 1943 (W) of 2014 - Mala Mukherjee Vs Union of India & ors.For the...
View ArticleChapter I. Bombay and the School of Art
INDIAN Art when seen in its full perspective discloses so vast a panorama that it is easy to lose one’s sense of proportion. Like the view from the summit of the Jungfrau, misty and uncertain on...
View ArticleChronology of Buddhist Caves
The dates of the various groups of Buddhist caves, especially of the earliest ones, have not yet been ascertained with sufficient precision to admit of their being presented in anything like a tabular...
View ArticleThe Bombay Revival of Indian Art - A Descriptive Account of the Indian Room...
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View ArticleChapter X. Retrospect
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View ArticleIndian Art, Industry and Education
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View ArticleThe Basis for Artistic and Industrial Revival in India
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View ArticleKathiawar Caves
Although the Buddhist caves in this province are among the most ancient to be found in India, as well as the most numerous, they are far from possessing the same interest that attaches to many of the...
View ArticleEnd Matter
essaysonindianar00haveiala-page-203.pngEnd Matter In Indian Art, Industry & Education. Madras: G. A. Natesan & Co, 1907.
View ArticleI.—The Village Craftsman
INDIAN society presents to us no more fascinating picture than that of the craftsman as an organic element in the national life. Broadly speaking, he is associated with that life in one of three ways:...
View ArticleVI.—Education
I HAVE spoken more than once of the “hereditary craftsman,” a phrase justified by the hereditary fixity of social function under the caste system. But it is worth while to consider the point in greater...
View ArticleV.—Religious Ideas in Craftsmanship
THERE is another kind of provision in Eastern society tending to secure the maintanance of standard in the crafts. I allude to the caste system—some aspects of which we must consider. Without here...
View ArticleII.—The Craft Guilds of the Great Cities
“THE typical Hindu village consists exclusively of husbandmen; but as husbandry and manufacture cannot exist without each other, the village had to receive a number of artisans as members of its...
View ArticleEssay on the Architecture of the Hindús
ESSAY ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDÚS.BY RÁM RÁZNATIVE JUDGE AND MAGISTRATE AND BANGALORE; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELANDWITH FORTY-EIGHT PLATES.Rám...
View ArticleIV.—Standard and Regulation
ROBERT KNOX, whose book, published in 1682, is still the best written and most interesting account of Ceylon, gives an amusing account of the craftsmen, incidentally mentioning an interesting form of...
View ArticleThe School of Planning and Architecture Bill, 2014: Bill No. 136 of 2014 as...
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View ArticleIII.—The Feudal Craftsman in India and Ceylon
LET us turn to look at the Indian craftsman as the feudal servant of the king, a baron, or of a religious foundation. In the so-called dark ages of the East and of the West, the patronage of art and...
View ArticleAPPENDIX IX.—Bhikku P. C. Jinavaravamsa on Craftsmen in Siam
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