Mughal Art: A Study in Handicraft by Shanti Swarup | English Hardcover Book

An important aspect of Mughal att handicraft All the colour and glamuur dating splendour of the court domestic lives of the Great Mughals am their noblemen are the gifts of handicrafts Indeed without the artefact it would not havebeen possible for the Grand Mughals to bring down the Parade on Earth.

In view of the growing interest in Indian handicrafts in modern times an appreciation of Mughal handicraft gets a renewed validity. It, therefore, becomes our duty to study, understand and preserve what remains of this great treasury. The present work is an attempt to fill the vacuum in this field. It is for the firsttime thatabook on Mughal Handicraft is being brought out, and superbly so After a general discussion on the social political and economic conditions of Mughal India the author goes on to expound the sources of Mughal decorative arts and the designs of decoration and finally describes the various forms of Mughal handicrafts illustrating them with found on archaeological sites in India and select objects preserved in museums and private collection all over the world-all this in fascinating details.