This book is based on the karkhanajat papers comprising roznama or roznamcha (daily ledgers), arhsatta (provide details on income and expenditure), siyah (lists details on the raw material in a karkhana), taujih jama kharch (gives details on raw material, the process of manufactur¬ing and finished items, remarks on the wages and the operational techniques of the crafts¬men) and rare documents available in the Town Hall Museum at Jaipur and the Rajasthan State Archives, Bikaner.
Illustrating Craft
Meena Bhargava
ART AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS UNDER THE MUGHALS, A STUDY OF JAIPUR KARKHANAS by Sumbul Halim Khan Primus Books, New Delhi, 2015, 120 pp., 750
July 2015, volume 39, No 7