The Present monograph cobtains the available archaeological and literary data on the 'Lost Wax Process' as well as the field survey on the Dhokra artisans of Bikna (dist. Bankura, West Bengal) and Daripur (dist. Burdwan, West Bengal).
In this work an attempt has been made to read the data from all possible angles and to give the Dhokra Art from a distinct place in the world of metal art. It is hard to determine the actual antiquity of this living art tradition in ...