CHAPTER I. /
THE VILLAGE CRAFTSMAN. /
INDIAN society presents to us no more fascinating
picture than that of the craftsman as an organic
element in the national life. Broadly speaking,
he is associated with that life in one of three ways :
as a member of a village community ; as a member
of a guild of merchant craftsmen in a great city ;
or as the feudal servant of the king, or chieftain of
a temple. First let us enquire into the position of
the lesser craftsmen, within the agricultural village
community.
The craftsmen thus working within the village
community, are there in virtue of a perpetual
contract whereby their services are given to the
husbandmen, from whom they receive in return
certain privileges and payments in kind. Each has
his own duties to perform.
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- Publication Date
- Aug 17, 2012
- Language
- English
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- History
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- By (author): Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
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