India Perspectives, Volume 14PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs, 2001 - India |
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Page 31
... woven grass mats of early societies , Ahuja has documented the long way this floor covering has travelled from its humblest manifestation as simple floor coverings to the resplendent dhurries woven for royalty , the unusual pictorial ...
... woven grass mats of early societies , Ahuja has documented the long way this floor covering has travelled from its humblest manifestation as simple floor coverings to the resplendent dhurries woven for royalty , the unusual pictorial ...
Page 32
... woven in workshops and villages , it was during the British period that dhurries came to be woven in prisons as an occupational therapy for the inmates with some striking results . The book illustrates unusual dhurries woven in jails ...
... woven in workshops and villages , it was during the British period that dhurries came to be woven in prisons as an occupational therapy for the inmates with some striking results . The book illustrates unusual dhurries woven in jails ...
Page 33
... woven with silver and gold - wrapped thread . Also interesting are dhurries which were woven with the chaupar design so that this traditional indoor game could easily be played while seated on the dburrie . These beautiful creations ...
... woven with silver and gold - wrapped thread . Also interesting are dhurries which were woven with the chaupar design so that this traditional indoor game could easily be played while seated on the dburrie . These beautiful creations ...
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