The  Kalamkari industry Kalamkari industry of Masulipatam
Subtitle: None
By: Akurathi Venkateswara Rao.
Contributors: Ph.D awarded to Akurathi Venkateswara Rao by Osmania University,India for this  thesis in 1991 which was published in India in 1992 in book form. In May , 2009 a revised version of this book is prepared in Manuscript form running into 190 A-4 size pages awaiting publication .Copies of the revised publication ( books ) priced at $ 33.99 including packing and forwarding will be available by the end of August , 2009 for shipment worldwide .
Edition: 1st ed. Revised and second edition.
Publisher: Shuttle-Craft Publications
Published: 1992 / Revised version being published now and copies of the book will be available from the publisher by end of August,2009 against firm orders to be placed through e-MAIL ID of author:akurathivr@yahoo.com
Place of publication: Hyderabad, India
Language: eng
Format: Hardbound
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Textile painting -- India -- Machilipatnam.; Textile printing -- India -- Machilipatnam.; Textile fabrics -- India -- Machilipatnam.
Description: On the art of hand painting with vegetable dyes on cotton fabric.
The kalamkari industry of Masulipatam was instrumental in helping the  Dutch , Frech and the English east India companies to vie with each other in spice trade as chintz cloth of masulipatam served as a ready medium for barter and thus they could thrive as trading companies eventually the EEIC fecilitating the colonisation of India by the British in 1867.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [1-6] last group).
Includes Appendices on hand-weaving , list of kalamkari enterprises / printing units etc.
Table of contents: title: KALAMKARI INDUSTRY OF MASULIPATAM
pagenum: 190