Kashmiri Hand Embroidery The Kashmiri embroidery is known as Kashida, a Persian word which, among others, means embroidery as well as drawing. The Kashmiri hand embroidery work uses simple stitches such as the satin, stem, chain and long and short stitches and makes occasional use of the herringbone, button hole and darning stitches. The jail, open work,…
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Indian Embroidery Stitches The Indian embroidery stitches belongs to no special caste, community or sex. The art is hereditary like so many other skills in India. It is passed down from father to son or from mother to daughter. Indian embroidery uses many different stitches as well as variations of the basic stitches. Indian…
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Hand Embroidery in India Kashmiri Embroidery The Kashmiri embroidery is traditionally known as Kashida Embroidery. These are objects of rare beauty. Kashmir is known for its beauty and the Kashima hand-works are as beautiful as Kashmir. Zardosi works are done using metal threads on silk and rayon fabric. The Kalka Motif has come…
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Chikan Embroidery of Lucknow Lucknow is famous for chikan embroidery. The word chikan just means embroidery. The Chikan embroidery was done on a locally woven muslin called tanzeb, the pattern being stamped with small wooden blocks using red earth colour which washed out after the embroidery was completed. The kurtas materials of the best Chikan Embroidery artists were cut…
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A brief note on Kutch Hand Embroidery The folk hand embroidery of Kutch is done in cotton thread on cotton cloth. Yellow, saffron, white, purple and green are favourite colors. The work is done with darning and herringbone stitches and the motifs include those named above along with the sunflower, mango shoots and…
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Article on Kathiawar Embroidery Kathiawar, which took its name from the Kathis, shows a strongly folk element in its embroidery. Kathiawar is very rich in embroidered goods since the art is used for decorating even the humblest home. The toran, or valance, that graces the doorway and offers a welcome to the visitor,…
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Short Biography of Chandragupta I Chandragupta, I was the first of the imperial Gupta Empire Kings ruling over a territory much larger in size. To some historians, the Gupta Era was founded to mark the commencement of the reign of Chandragupta I as the founder of the Gupta Empire. The new Era was…
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Samudragupta (History of Samudragupta) – The Great King of the Gupta Empire King Samudragupta, known as Samudragupta the great, was the son of Chandragupta I. He was the son of Chandragupta I’s Lichchavi queen Kumaradevi and possibly was not the eldest son. From the ‘Allahabad Prasasthi” composed by Harishena, it is learned that…
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Rise of the Gupta Empire (Gupta Kingdom) In the beginning of the 4th century A.D., the Rise of Gupta Empire (Gupta Kingdom) started a new era in the history of India. Various local powers who broke away from the Kushana authority formed independent kingdoms, some of whom where monarchies, while the others republicans. The…
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Gupta Empire (Gupta Dynasty Kings) Gupta Empire It was in 320 A.D. when the Gupta Dynasty came to prominence, a new era of imperial unity started again. The period which intervened between the fall of the Kushanas and the rise of the Gupta Empire is called ‘Dark Age’ in Indian history. Origin of…
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