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#thread #dhokra #dhokraart #BastarKiBaate #बस्तरकीबातें #Dhokra Dhokra is the craft of non–ferrous metal casting using the lost-wax technique. This technique has been in use in India for over 5000 yrs and is still being used in many parts of India. @jeetsingharya @rajat4bansal 
The famous dancing girl of Mohenjodaro is one of the earliest examples of the lost-wax technique made by the people of the Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation. Lost-wax technique was called मधूच्छिष्टविधान in ancient Sanskrit treatises on Shilpshastra. #BastarKiBaate #बस्तरकीबातें
Dhokra artisans from the Kondagaon district of Bastar use the technique of lost-wax hollow casting to create exquisite objects. Witnessed this entire age-old process in the workshop of Rajendra Baghel, national award winning Dhokra artisan. #BastarKiBaate #बस्तरकीबातें
