Paper is undeniably a vehicle for the flowering of Indian art, literature, history and religion, but where did it come from? Who made it and how? What was their inspiration? How has this ancient craft survived in today’s India? Comprehensive and detailed, this book traces the nearly thousand-year history of hand paper-making in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Comprehensive and detailed, this book traces the nearly thousand-year history of hand paper-making in India.
Acknowledgments<\/p>\n
Foreword<\/p>\n
Preface<\/p>\n
The Roots of Indian Paper
\nPreserving the Word
\nThe Arabs Liberate Paper Secrets
\nA Prospering Paper Craft
\nThe Path of Paper
\nConquerors and Craftsmen
\nPaper’s Northwestern
\nFrontier
\nSialkot
\nKashmir
\nPaper in the Northeastern Crescent,
\nKalpi
\nAgra and Mathura
\nZafarabad
\nBihar and Bengal
\nDelhi: Days of Papermaking
\nWestern India’s Wave of Paper
\nGujarat
\nRajasthan
\nThe Deccan: Middle India
\nDaulatabad: Fabled Fortress – Medieval Paper Centre
\nK4zipura at Khuldabad
Erandol: City of Paper Ruins
\nMaking Traditional Indian Paper
\nThe Materials of Paper
\nThe World of the Written Word before Paper
\nMaterials Used by the First Papermakers
\nThe Papermaker’s Garden 110 Pulp Pounders
\nThe Mould:
\nThe Papermaker’s Ally
\nThe Dimension of Paper
\nCreating the Paper Sheet
Drying Paper in India’s Warm Domain
\nCoating Paper with Size 134 Hand Polishing Paper Sheets
\nColouring Paper 146 Paper of Gold 151 Bird Paper
\nMasterful Marbled Papers, Stencils and Cut-Paper
\nThe Strange Transparent Deer and Snake Paper
\nRecycled Paper: An Indian Tradition<\/p>\n
Using Every Resource ‘apier Mache,
\nInfluences Towards Change:
Contemporary
\nHandmade Paper
\nEncounters with the West
\nJail house Paper
\nRecycled Paper:
An Indian Tradition
\nUsing Every Resource 178 Papier Mache. Mountain Paper<\/p>\n
In search of Indian Paper’s
Lost Himalayan Roots
\nThe Strong Lustrous Plant
of High Mountain Paper
194 Making Mountain Paper
\nThe Mysterious “Big-Paper” of the North
Pundit Paper
\nGandhian Efforts to Help Rescue Papermakers
\nGovernment Rescue for Papermakers
\n1990s Turn Around:
\nAn Unpredicted Blossoming of Traditional and
\nContemporary Paper Units throughout India
\nList of Indian
Handmade
\nPapermakers
\nFibre List<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5816","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-edited-by-mapin-publishing","8":"publisher-mapin-publishing-gp-pty-ltd","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n