Handloom weaving was the most widespread industry in colonial India, next only to agriculture. A century ago India was the prime centre for trade of fine textile products. However, under the colonial rule it gradually transformed into a market for cotton-textile goods imported from Manchester and Lancashire. This also brought about technological changes in various processes of handloom weaving industry reflecting not merely a technological shift, but a cultural encounter where recipient already possessed a native system of handloom weaving. The present paper will examine the introduction of institutional mechanism of weaving industry on modern lines. The establishment of Central Weaving Institute in the heartland of weaving artisans ‘Banaras’, in 1912 is indeed a glaring example to modernize the weaving methods of artisans in United Provinces. Major focus will however be made on technological change in handloom weaving industry, followed by mapping of the efforts made by various agencies viz. provincial government or voluntary organizations to adopt and adapt the changes in handloom weaving in colonial India. Finally it will stress on the institutionalization of modern form of Weaving School at Banaras which was named Central Weaving Institute.

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中央编织学院，巴纳拉斯：本土与现代教学实践之间的文化En

手织机织造是印度殖民地最广泛的产业，仅次于农业。一个世纪以前，印度是高级纺织品贸易的主要中心。但是，在殖民统治下，它逐渐转变为从曼彻斯特和兰开夏郡进口的棉纺织品的市场。这也带来了手织机织造工业各个过程中的技术变化，这不仅反映了技术转移，而且反映了接受者已经拥有本地手织机织造系统的文化遭遇。本文将探讨在现代路线上对织造业制度机制的介绍。1912年在编织工匠“ Banaras”的心脏地带成立了中央编织学院，这确实是使联合省的工匠编织方法现代化的一个明显例子。但是，主要重点将放在手织机织造行业的技术变革上，然后绘制各机构所做的工作图。省政府或志愿组织采用和适应印度殖民地手摇织机的变化。最后，它将强调被称为中央织造学院的Banaras织造学校的现代形式的制度化。