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Comment on the art of embroidery.

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  • Embroidery in ancient India
  • Contemporary embroidery arts
  • Famous places
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  • Work of embroidery is visible on the clothes of the idols and statues found at Harappa and Mohenjodaro.
  • This art was seen on the clothes of men, women and children in Sindh, Saurashtra and Kutch region at the time of Indus Valley Civilization.
  • Bandhani of Jamnagar, Jetpur, Bhuj and Mandvi of Gujarat are also famous.
  • Traditional embroidery, torans, chakda, pillow cover, todaliya, kediya are popular even today.
  • Embroidery work of ‘Jat’ community of Banni area of Kutch is also remarkable
  • Golden and silver threads are woven with clothes, and embroidery is done with gold and silver threads to decorate the clothes.
  • Surat is a well known for its Jari work.
  • The Kasab work of Kashmir is a unique form of Zardozi work.

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