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| Keywords: Bania Cuttack.jpg en Photograph of a group of eight Sonars goldsmith caste at work at Cuttack in Orissa taken by an unknown photographer in c 1873 from the Archaeological Survey of India This image may have been displayed at the Vienna Exhibition of the same year In the exhibition catalogue John Forbes Watson writes The Sonar or gold and silversmith is an indispensable member of the Indian social condition of life; and he is to be found in every village almost in every hamlet as well as in all towns and cities In the Deccan where original national institutions are preserved in village communes and wherever they are at present existent throughout India - the Sonar is a member of the hereditary village council which includes the carpenter and blacksmith the potter and other useful and indispensable mechanics and is twelve in number presided over by the patell the hereditary magistrate or head manager or ବଣିଆ ତାରକସି କାମ କଟକ । Odia loves Wikipedia 2011-10-20 http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/largeimage65425 html The British Library PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Goldsmiths jewellers Filigree of Odisha Cuttack district | ||||
