| A Detailed Study of Certain
Indian and American Clays |
M. L. Misra.
Pages : 97-191
DOI : 10.1080/0371750X.1950.10877892 |
| Abstract |
| India is a country with an ancient civilisation and culture
and early Indian society was classified on a basis of professions.
Such classification has ultimately led to the present
day caste system although the basis on which such cJagsification
was originally made is no longer strictly followed. The
ancients recognised early the necessity of running industries
on cottage lines. This was with a view to making individual
village units self-sufficient and to avoid the possibility of
unnecessary compet1t10n. Amongst such cottage industries,
pottery was one and the need of the pottery industry was so
well-recognised that every village lnd a potter as an essential
unit in the structure of the corp Hate life of the village. Even
to this day indigenous earthenware mad:' by the Indian potter
are an indispensable requirement in Indian village homes. |
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