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The Asia InCH Encyclopaedia is a continually evolving, open-source educational and knowledge platform dedicated to material cultural heritage, with a particular focus on South Asia. Conceived as both an authoritative and accessible resource, the encyclopaedia brings together over 1,500 entries on heritage crafts, textiles, and ancestral arts, encompassing practices that are historic, forgotten, endangered, and emergent.
The Asia InCH comprises multiple interlinked components, including documentation of materials and techniques, a glossary of specialised terms, profiles of practitioners, and more than 10,000 bibliographic entries. The platform is supported by an expert network of contributors—scholars, researchers, and craft practitioners—whose insights and field-based research continually expand and enrich its growing corpus.
The encyclopaedia complements the Global InCH Journal of Living Heritage, an associated publication that presents new scholarship, critical analysis, case studies, and commentary on heritage practices, safeguarding frameworks, and cultural policy.
Developed by the Craft Revival Trust, Asia InCH seeks to make rigorous, contextual knowledge on material cultural heritage widely accessible to researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and the wider public.
Hand-Block Printing
Wooden Block Making for Hand Printing in Pethapur, Gujarat
Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi
Gabba Embroidery of Kashmir
Murals, Floor art, Wall Art
Mud Murals and Paintings/Abharai of Kutch, Gujarat
Wax
Cire- Perdue / Lost Wax Metal Casting - Houshold Items and Utensils of Nepal
Stone
Stone Carving of Uttar Pradesh
Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports
Dolls and Toys of TripuraEmbroidery
Ahir Embroidery of GujaratCrochet, Lace, Braiding, Knitting
Bamboo and Cane Crafts of Sri LankaRitual Arts/Crafts
Aranmula Kannadi Metal Mirror of KeralaCane, Bamboo
Cane and Bamboo of BiharJewellery, Beads, Jewelled Objects
Glass Bead Craft of Arunachal PradeshWax
Batik on Textiles and Leather of BangladeshEmbroidery
Chikan/White-on-White Embroidery of Lucknow, Uttar PradeshStone
Stone Carving of ChhattisgarhJewellery, Beads, Jewelled Objects
Jewellery and Jewelled Objects of Tamil NaduSilver, Gold, Precious Metals
Brass and Silver Filigree of NepalMiscellaneous
Hill Crafts of Darjeeling, West Bengal
