Chapter III · The Living Tradition
03
Mastery cannot be scaled — only inherited.
Active master artisans in Bidar district, by decade
Artisan count per decade
−86% from 1960 peak
300
200
100
0
342
278
187
109
48
1960
1980
2000
2015
2024
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