Grasp Textiles And Weavers In Medieval South India By Vijaya Ramaswamy Kindle

History of weaving communities in South India from the late Chola/early Vijayanagara period toi, e. , until British Calico Acts banned the importation of most Coromandel textiles to Britain, Notable for its methodology, which incorporates oral histories, songs, literature, epigraphy, and European Company records, Ramaswamy argues that economic success, rather than varna, determined the social status of weavers over the centuries, A dry read but an interesting overview, though the author's treatment of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is weak compared to her analysis of the earlier periods, Updated with a new Preface and Introduction, this second edition explores the vicissitudes of handloom industry, status and role of weavers in South India, along with various other aspects like loom technology, production organization, and domestic and foreign trade in textiles.
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