It would not be an exaggeration to state that there is no comprehensive listing of the writings available on crafts, textiles, artisans and related areas.

This is an attempt, though no where near complete, to provide bibliographic access to a compilation.

We hope to update and add on to the listings on a regular basis in an attempt to provide a completion.

This section can be searched by craft.

Akhtar, Riazuddin

History of Handicrafts: Pakistan-India

National Hizra Council,, Islamabad,


Ashton, Leigh

The Art of India and Pakistan: A Commemorative Catalogue of Exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts" London

Faber & Faber Ltd., London,


Askari, Nasreen (Ed.)

Visions of Divinity: The Art of Gandhara

Mohatta Palace Museum,


Askari, Nasreen; Crill, Rosemary

Colours of the Indus: Costumes and Textiles of Pakistan

Merrell Holberton, London,


Baloch, N. A. (Ed.)

The Traditional Arts and Crafts of the Hyderabad Region


Bilgrami, Noorjehan (Ed.)

Tana Bana: The Woven Soul of Pakistan

Koel Publications, 2004


Bilgrami, Noorlehan

Sindh jo Ajrak

Department of Culture and Tourism, 1990


Bunting, Ethel- Jane W.

Sindhi Tombs and Textiles. The Persistence of Pattern

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and the University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1980


Cousin, Francoise

'Lumiere et Omber, Bleu et rouge. les Azrak du Sindh'

Objets et Mondes, Vol. 16 [2): 65-78, Paris, 1976


Dar, Shiv Nath

Costumes of India and Pakistan

Taraporevala, Mumbai, 1969


Duarte, Adrian

The Crafts and Textiles of Sindh and Baluchistan

Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh, 1982


Fiembgen, Juigen Wasim

Religious Folk Art as an Expression of Identity - Muslim tombstones in the Gangar Mountains (Hazara District Pakistan)


Haider, Sajjad

Tile Work in Pakistan

National Institute of Folk Heritage,


Kalter, James

The Arts and Crafts of the Swat Valley: Living Traditions in the Hindu Kush

Thames and Hudson, London, 1989


Kenoyer, Jonathan Mark

Craft Traditions of the Indus Civilization


Konieczny, M.G.

Textiles of Baluchistan

British Museum Publications, London, 1979


Paine, Sheila

Embroidery from India and Pakistan

The British Museum Press, London,


Paine, Sheila

Embroidered Textiles: Traditional Patterns from Five Continents with a Worldwide Guide to Identification

Thames and Hudson, London, 1990


Rehman, I.A.

Arts and Crafts of Pakistan

Elite Publishers,


Rye, Owen and Evans, Clifford

Traditional Pottery Techniques of Pakistan

Smithsonian institution Press, Washington,


Swarup, Shanti

The Arts and Crafts of India and Pakistan


Yakopino, Feliccia

Threadlines Pakistan

Elite Publishers, 1987


Zubairy, Muniba

Jewellery from Pakistan


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