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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.
Metal
Metal Craft of Bangladesh
Natural Fiber
Coconut Shell, Fiber and Stem Craft of Assam
Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports
Dolls and Toys of Tripura
Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi
Allo Textiles - Himalayan Giant Nettle of Nepal
Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi
Crewel Embroidery of Kashmir
Ritual Arts/Crafts
Dhokra/Lost Wax Metal Casting of West BengalCane, Bamboo
Cane and Bamboo of LaosWood
Wood Turning - ShagzoMetal
Forged Hollow Metal Utensils of NepalMiscellaneous
Hill Crafts of Darjeeling, West BengalArts, Painting
Basholi Miniature Painting of JammuArts, Painting
Sacred Paintings/ Thangkas and Paubhas of NepalMetal
Metal Crafts of PakistanClay, Terracotta, Pottery
Clay, Terracotta and Ceramics of PakistanTheatre, Performance Crafts
Phulam Japi/Hats of AssamCane, Bamboo
Vaas Kaam/Cane and Bamboo of Gujarat
