The Taj Mahal employed 20,000 artisans, Rashtrapati Bhavan drew 23,000 stone workers, and temple complexes like Madurai sustained sculptural guilds for centuries. Indian architecture has long been the catalyst for craft economies. Artisans and their craft lived on through the patronage that valued their skill and recognized the irreplaceable intelligence embedded in their handwork. As […]
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