In what ways was craft production in cities like Calcutta different from that in cities like Thanjavur?
Craft production in cities like Calcutta is different from that in cities as thanjavur:
- Craftspersons in thanjavur were not- dependent while in Calcutta they were in the hands of Europeans.
- In thanjavur, crafts were made on interest and they were creative and specialized while in Calcutta, craftsperson take initiate to work on a system of advances.
- In Calcutta, they had to made the design that is supplied to them by the company agents. They now had to move into the black towns established by the European companies within these new cities.
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How were the Sikhs organised in the eighteenth century?
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