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Artisan means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Google Books: Medieval Orissa: A Socio-economic StudyArtisan in ancient India (Medieval Orissa) represented one of the occupational groups commonly found in Townships or Urban centers (nagari).—An example (of Township) is provided by the Nagari plates of Anangabhima III, dated A.D. 1230, which describe an assigned township which contained four large houses of the dimension of royal residences and thirty other houses. The occupational groups present in the settlement were [e.g., artisans (śilpin, śilpinō)]. The range of occupations is large, some of them being rural in character. The context in which the township (or Urban centres—nagari) is assigned suggest that nagaris in such cases were perhaps extended villages, formed out of a cluster of several contiguous villages and thus assuming physical and consequently, economic dimensions much larger than those of an ordinary village settlement.
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Full-text (+266): Karuka, Shilpin, Karu, Shilpakara, Gandhakarika, Shreni, Karmara, Gandhaharika, Dantakara, Karuhasta, Shudra, Shilpajivin, Karagira, Shilpakaraka, Vaishya, Aveshanin, Karpasika, Sirimsapa, Kammantika, Karukadere.
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Search found 105 books and stories containing Artisan; (plurals include: Artisans). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)
Artisans and Craftsman < [Chapter 2 - Economic and Urban Processes]
Clans and Gana-Sanghas < [Chapter 1 - Political Formation at the time of Buddha]
Iron, Surplus, Production Trade and Urbanization < [Chapter 2 - Economic and Urban Processes]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 7.138 < [Section XI - Customs-Duties]
Verse 5.127 < [Section XIII - Purification of Substances]
Verse 8.188 < [Section XXXII - Deposits (nikṣepa)]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 14 - The Duties of the State Goldsmith in the High Road < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
Chapter 1 - Protection against Artisans < [Book 4 - Removal of Thorns]
Chapter 4 - Buildings within the Fort < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
The Problem of Rural Industries < [August 1938]
Arts and Crafts of Temple Campus < [October – December, 1988]
The Collective Man of Ancient India < [November-December 1931]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 242 - Eighteen Prakṛtis (Castes and Sub-castes) < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 105 - Removal of the Rākṣasa Liṅgas < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 319 - Greatness of Unnata Sthāna < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Yajnavalkya-smriti (Vyavaharadhyaya)—Critical study (by Kalita Nabanita)
Chapter 5.11 - Laws Relating to Rescission of Purchase (krītānuśaya) < [Chapter 5 - Vyavahārādhyāya and the Modern Indian Laws]
Chapter 3.7 - Economic Aspects of ancient India < [Chapter 3 - The Social Aspect Depicted in the Vyavahārādhyāya]
Chapter 4.7 - Existence of the Autonomous Bodies or Groups < [Chapter 4 - The Political Aspect Reflected in the Vyavahārādhyāya]