This disclaimer is to underline that all the research, curation, and compilation for written material on crafts, handicrafts, textiles as well broad ideas that belong to India’s cultural and creative ecosystem published on the Swadesh website have been methodically structured. This is not original writing as none of the crafts or textiles listed in this series are of new or unknown origin—they exist in surviving documentation, Indian crafts and cultural history, books and theses written by scholars, writers, authoritative researchers and representatives of cultural and academic platforms.

However, each of these entries have been curated and re-written for Swadesh from a point of view of consistent approach. They mix knowledge and anecdotal storytelling, and each is based on factual research. Wherever there is a direct excerpt, the source has been credited and quoted with names of relevant people, books or academic studies. For all other references, please refer to our consolidated bibliography that works as a non-exhaustive acknowledgement of all sources—crafts and culture platforms, media platforms, government websites and other academic consortiums.
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