Publications

The ‘Jnana-Pravaha Research Journal’ No. XXVII (2023-2024) is a Special Edition on Textile Narratives. As compared to previous issues, this aesthetically appealing volume is larger in size and contains the following research articles contributed from different corners by the eminent scholars of Indian Textiles:

• Civara, Sanghati, Kathina - Cloth and Textile references in Buddhist Literature and Art by Anamika Pathak

• The Sari-making Skills of Banaras by Rta Kapur Chishti

• Figured Silks from Baluchar by Syamali Das

• Bengal Textiles of Historical Importance from the Collection of CSMVS (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya), Mumbai by Manisha Nene

• Salvation through Art: Jaina Paintings on Cloth by Sujata Parsai

• Ganga Duppatlu/Kalamkari Temple-textiles: Painted Pictorial Narratives on Cloth by Ritu Sethi

• Seventeenth-Eighteenth Century Painted-Printed Tent and Furnishing Fragments from Bharat Kala Bhavan by Priyanka Chandra

• Zardozi: Embroidered Traditions and Trends by Charu Smita Gupta

• From Brush to the Needle: Tracing the Painting Origins of Chamba Rumal and its Self-Referential Depiction in the Painting Tradition by Sarang Sharma

• The Chamba Rumal with Krishna Theme by Jasminder Kaur

• Embroidered and Khadi-printed Pahari Costume: Regional Identity by Rohini Arora

• An Embroidered Adornment for the Oxen: A Masterpiece of Banjara Embroidery by Toolika Gupta

• Textiles from the Courtly Circle of Awadh by Sushama Swarup

• Ashavali Brocades: An Overview by Vishu Arora

• Purnamidam: An Ode to the Land of Spiritual Wisdom and Material Abundance by Smriti Morarka

• Susman: Handwoven Banarasi Textiles in Fashion and Trade by Hemang Agrawal

• Embroidered Lucknow on Velvet by Pramod Kumar KG

• Phulkari Styles of the Undivided Punjab by Rohini Arora