ABSTRACT
The goldsmith's art contributes largely to embroidery. Gold and silver thread is made by being drawn out under the application of heat. Silver is sometimes mixed with the brass, and in rarer cases gold. The crop of raw material and the market for the manufactured article are both at their very doors, thus saving a double freight. Labour is cheap, abundant, docile, and not liable to strike. The hand-made article, which was strong though coarse, and formed a Muhammadan speciality, is now no longer used for official purposes. The silk manufactures exported from India consist almost entirely of the handkerchiefs known as bandannas and corahs, with a small proportion of tasar fabrics. Glazed tiles and pottery are also manufactured at Lahore and Miiltan in the Punjab. The village brazier, like the village smith, manufactures the Brass and necessary vessels for domestic use.
