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CULTURAL HERITAGE OF INDIA: TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFT AND FINE ARTS. — Social Science STD 10 — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social ScienceCULTURAL HERITAGE OF INDIA: TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFT AND FINE ARTS.2 Marks
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Leather work is a very old art of India. ‘Explain the statement.
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Answer

Ancient india made use of the dead animals skin to make various products.
  • When the animal died,its skin was processed in a traditional manner and Convertedi into leather which was then used to make several useful products.
  • Lnitially Lather, was mainly uned for making mask and kos
  • Later it was also used in making musical instruments like drum, dholak and table, etc.
  • l was also used in making footwear, leather belts to tie animals and to make shields used for wars.
  • Saaj, palan lagam and whip, etc for animals like horses and camels wero also made of leather.
  • Hence, we can say that leather had a prominent place in ancient Indian art.

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