[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965) › c8.7 # Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.7 Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.7 - **Language:** English ### [c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8.7) OCCUPATIONS—The different arts were developed as occupations of special workers, e.g. a plough-man (\*Kināśa, Kṛishīvala\*), smith (\*Karmāra\*), fisherman (\*Kaivarta\*), herdsman (\*Gopa\*), boatman (\*Nāvāja\*), barber (\*Nāpita\*), bow-maker (\*Jyākāra\*), carpenter (\*Takshā, Tashṭā\*), smelter (\*Dhmātṛi\*), cook (\*Paktṛi\*), hand-clapper (\*Pāṇigha\*), basket-maker (\*Bidalakārī\*), jeweller (\*Maṇikāra\*), washerman (\*Malaga\*), rope-makar (\*Rajju-sarja\*), dyer (\*Rajayitṛi\*), acrobat (\*Vaṁśa-nartin\*), weaver (\*Vayātṛi\*), maker of winnowing baskets (\*Śūrpakāra\*), gold-smith (\*Hiraṇya-kāra\*), flute player (\*Viṇā-gāthin, Viṇā-vāda\*), etc. - [Previous: c8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8.6) - [Next: c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8.8) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8.7) · Pramāṇa