Anjan Chakraverty

Anjan Chakraverty

Small Study and Research Grant (India)
1992
Mughal Art History Painting Textiles

Study of Shikargarh motifs in the miniature paintings and textiles of Mughal North India

Senior Lecturer, History of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

This award enabled me to do fieldwork in the Varanasi area and to document research material in the Indian Museum Calcutta, and the National Museum in New Delhi. This impacted on my later research, writing and teaching. 

The following publications resulted from this research: "Shikargarh motif in the brocaded texties of Banaras". Smriti, 1995. "The fauna imagery in the brocaded textiles of Banaras", Kala - Journal of Indian Art History Congress, Vol V (1998-9). "Pattern Drawings for Banaras Brocades - a note" , in Kala, Journal of Indian Art History Congress, Vol VI, 1999-2000.