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Source: Google Books: Medieval Orissa: A Socio-economic StudyGoldsmith in ancient India (Medieval Orissa) represented one of the occupational groups commonly found in Townships or Urban centers (nagari).—An example (of Township) is provided by the Nagari plates of Anangabhima III, dated A.D. 1230, which describe an assigned township which contained four large houses of the dimension of royal residences and thirty other houses. The occupational groups present in the settlement were [e.g., a goldsmith (svarṇakara)]. The range of occupations is large, some of them being rural in character. The context in which the township (or Urban centres—nagari) is assigned suggest that nagaris in such cases were perhaps extended villages, formed out of a cluster of several contiguous villages and thus assuming physical and consequently, economic dimensions much larger than those of an ordinary village settlement.
Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Goldsmiths in ancient India were know for removing impurity from Pure Gold, according to “A Cultural note on the Kuvalayamala of Uddyotanasuri” by the late Dr. V. s. Agrawala.—There is a reference to gold of highest purity. Whatever impurity or dross was contained in the gold brought to the goldsmith was removed by the latter by subjecting it to different processes of testing it on the touch-stone, cutting, heating under regulated fire, beating out into flat sheets, filing the sheets and the same process of beating it into a different shape, giving it a shape of round bar and dividing into several parts for final testing.
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Search found 148 books and stories containing Goldsmith, Goldsmiths, The goldsmith; (plurals include: Goldsmiths, Goldsmithses, The goldsmiths). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 13 - Superintendent of Gold in the Goldsmiths’ Office < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
Chapter 14 - The Duties of the State Goldsmith in the High Road < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
Chapter 1 - Protection against Artisans < [Book 4 - Removal of Thorns]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.292 < [Section XXXVIII - Treatment of Criminals and their Punishment]
Verse 4.218 < [Section XIV - Other Duties]
Verse 5.111 < [Section XIII - Purification of Substances]
Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature (by Sulekha Biswas)
8. Precious Metals: Gold, Silver and their Alloys < [Chapter 5 - Minerals and Metals in Kautiliya Arthashastra]
5. Gold and Coins (in the Ashtadhyayi) < [Chapter 4 - Materials and Concepts in Panini’s Ashtadhyayi]
Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
Other occupational groups < [Chapter 3 - Socio-Religious Life]
Professional groups < [Chapter 3 - Socio-Religious Life]
Conclusion (Social Life) < [Chapter 5 - Conclusion]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
1. Summary of the Kalāvilāsa < [Chapter 3 - Satirical Works of Kṣemendra]
5.10. The Goldsmith (suvarṇakāra) < [Chapter 5 - Kṣemendra’s objectives of Satire]
7. Kṣemendra’s Observations < [Chapter 5 - Kṣemendra’s objectives of Satire]