Books 1. Aditi Ranjan, M.P. Ranjan, Crafts of India: Handmade in India (Council of Handicraft Development Corporations, New Delhi, 2007), 458-491. 2. Dr. Ramakant Soni, Champa: Atit se Vartaman tak. 3.Eric Broudy, The Book of Looms, A history of the handloom from ancient times to the present (Studio Vista, 1979). 4. Jaya Jaitly, Visvakarma's Children- Stories of India's Craftspeople (Institute of Social Sciences, 2000), 20-39. 6. Kamladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian Handicrafts (Allied publishers, 1963), 1-9. 7. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, The glory of Indian Handicrafts (Indian Book Company, 1976), 9-13. 8. K.S. Singh, India's Communities Vol. IV (Oxford University Press, 1998), 788-791. 9. K.S. Singh, India's Communities Vol. V (Oxford University Press, 1998), 1829-1836. 9. Lotika Varadarajan, Krishna Amin Patel, Of Fibre and Loom: The Indian Tradition (Manohar Publishers and Distributers and NID 2008), 254-268. 10. Linda Lynton, The Sari: Styles,Patterns,History,Techniques (Thames and Hudson, 1995), 7-16, 89-100. 11. Martand Singh, Rta Kapur Chishti, Saris- Tradition & Beyond (Roli Books, Lustre Press 2010), 13-23, 118-141. 12. Rachel Brown, The weaving spinning & dyeing book (Routledge & Kegan Paul: London & Henley 1979), 118-128. 13. Robert R Frank, Silk, Mohair, Cashmere & Other luxury ďŹ bers (Woodhead Publishing limited, 2000), 2,23. 14. Rta Kapur Chishti, Amba Sanyal, Saris of India- Madhya Pradesh (Wiley Eastern Ltd. & Amr Vastra Kosh, 1989), 15-46, 99-133. 15. Shirley E. Held, Weaving a Handbook of the Fibre Arts (Harcourt Brace College Publishers 1999). 16. Vijai Singh Katiyar, Indian Saris- Traditions- Perspectives- Design (Wisdom Tree, 2009), 15-31.
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Craft Documents 1. Asha Chirayil and Sangeetha Nair, Textiles of Andhra Pradesh with special emphasis on the silk industry documented in 1991-92 Vol. 2, KMC, NID. 2. Sapna Vedula, Kosa cocoon- A craft documentation on Tussar silk saris of Churri, R-0332 KMC, NID.
Magazines Shri Krishna Rao ji, "Srishti utpatti ki katha", Dewangan Samaj Masik Patrika, November, 2010
Web References 1. http://www.cghandicraft.com/index.asp, 28 November 2011. 2. http://www.csb.gov.in/silk-sericulture/silk/tasar-silk, 29 November 2011. 3. http://silkmarkindia.com, 29 November 2011. 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh, 30 Novovember 2011. 5. http://handloommark.gov.in, 4 December 2011. 6. http://chhattisgarh.nic.in, 23 January 2012. 7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhattisgarh, 24 January 2012.