LOST IN HISTORY .

History is such a boring topic to start with . However, origin of chikan is still a mystery . Lets see if you can unravel it …..

Some say that chikan is a Persian carft brought in the court of Jahangir by Noor Jahan. According to some historians , there is floral muslin in paintings of Ajanta cave (9^th century A.D.) . Kamla Devi Chattopadhaya states that chikan can be dated back to the time of king Harsha . Megasthenes in the 3^rd Century B.C. has written the use of ‘flowered muslin’ in the court of Chandragupta Maurya. Dr. Rahul Shukla in his book talks about chikan as being an offshoot of Taj .

Ref : gambhir sakshi (august22,2015)retrieved from :

https://www.behance.net/gallery/28903373/chikankari-embroidery-(lucknow)

and

retrieved from

http://www.handembroidery.com/history-of-chikankari.html

Picture Sources :

Picture Noor Jahan – https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinnng.com/originals/of39/9d/of399dd7.jpg

Picture of Taj -Koolanisha (2013,march 21), the jail of ta mahal. retrieved from :

goo.gl/hEiSSy

Picture of Ashoka –goo.gl/RtHlBY