Glass Crafts in Northern India is not only about beads and bangles and their production cycles, but also about one of the most important glass-craft clusters of the world. The evolution of technology and skills with regard to the making of the furnace and kiln over the centuries and invention of new methods for producing variety of beads are the essence of this volume.
Glass Crafts in Northern India is not only about beads and bangles and their production cycles, but also about one of the most important glass-craft clusters of the world. The evolution of technology and skills with regard to the making of the furnace and kiln over the centuries and invention of new methods for producing variety of beads are the essence of this volume.
Alok Kumar Kanungo, faculty at IIT Gandhinagar and adjunct faculty at Flinders University, specializes in archaeological and ethnographic studies of indigenous and ancient technology. Since the 2000s, Dr Kanungo has travelled and documented the rich heritage of the Nagas of north-east India, and the Bondos and Juangs of Odisha, both in the field and in museums across Europe and the United Kingdom. He has studied and published extensively on the subject of glass- making and working, and written or edited fifteen books and seventy research articles. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards including Humboldt, Fulbright, British Academy, Homi Bhabha, SPARC, ICG and ICHR Fellowships. He has lectured in many universities and research institutes in the US, New Zealand, Europe, South-East Asia, besides India.
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