Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
Bidriware inlay
14th c. CE onwardBidar metalworkersBidar (Karnataka)Karnataka
1300
Blackened zinc-alloy objects inlaid with silver, darkened with a soil-based paste.
- Dated
- 1300–1399
- As scholars put it
- 14th c. CE onward
- Originator
- Bidar metalworkers
- Source text
- Bidar (Karnataka)
- Region
- Karnataka
- Discipline
- Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
A craft tradition rather than a single invention.
Path to modern innovation
A living metallurgical craft.
Transmission
GI-registered craft.
References
- 1GI registry
- 2craft histories
Further reading
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