Year: 2020 | Month: December | Volume 9 | Issue 4

18th Century Village Craftsmen: A Socio-Economic Study of Marvar

Neha Singh
DOI:10.30954/2249-6637.04.2020.6

Abstract:

This paper will explore the craftsman and village community relations. In the Marvar area craftsmen were classified according to their different ways of employment: first craftsmen who worked for the village community and those who were not skilled but took this profession in their free time, second the entrepreneurs, individual craftsman who worked independently in urban markets. Third, those craftsmen who worked in state workshops to cater to the requirement of aristocrat and royal families. In rural areas, two types of craftsmen were seen firstly, professional secondly, non-professionals, and work relation was based on patron-client relationship. This paper will explore the mode of employment and the difference and similarity between the Fukazawa, Wiser, and mode of employment in Marvar.
In Marvar, the artisanal group also called pavanjat. The term pavan before the jat is quite significant. It means payment-receiver caste that can be in kind or cash in lieu of service provided by them are pauni, pavania. Nainsi mentions pavan for those who provide the service in rural areas and qasba. It seems important to study the relation of artisans with their community vice-versa. Community norms were protected by nyat and village panchayat. In some case, there was a sub-caste which was the outcome of political changes and societal needs.





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