Historicity

A number of traditions of crafts based on metals, alloys, gems and stones flourished in ancient India. Many of these traditions started in ancient India and continue vigorously even in modern India. Once such craft is Bidriware.Bidriware is a flourishing Handicraft of Bidar, North Karnataka. The craft of Bidriware was introduced in Bidar by a Persian artisan Abdulla-bin-Kaiser, who was among a group of skilled workers brought from Iran by Sultan Ahmed Shah WaliBahamani in the 15th century.

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2. 2.Dr. Benjamin Heyne, “ An account of Biddery ( Vidri) ware in India”, in “ The Asiatic Journal, No.III, March, 1817.
3. 3.Bidar District Gazette, Government of Karnataka, Government Press, Bangalore, 1977.
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