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Rewari metalwork refers to the metallurgy practiced by the native peoples of the city of Rewari, India. The items produced were commonly made of brass, and often possessed cultural and utilitarian value. The practice is known to have been in place as early as the 16th Century. == History and origin == The Rewari metal craft industry is about 450 years old, with origins around the Mughal period. This place was known to have a nursery of soldiers since vedic times, which still exists till date. Hemu, of Rewari who has been proved to be a great warrion in history, belonged to this place. Hemu fought and won 22 wars, without losing any against Afghan rebels and the Mughals to prevent them from capturing Delhi can be described as the 'Father of Brass Industry in Rewari'. Babur had invaded India in 1526 and used Brass Cannons in the First Battle of Panipat, for the first time in this part of the world. This was the time when Hemu, who was dealing in Food items till then, set up brass foundries to manufacture cannons in Rewari, to make supplies to the then Indian ruler 'Sher Shah Suri with whom he had close contacts. Hemu took technological help from Portuguese in manufacturing Brass Cannons and production of 'Saltpetre' also called 'Gunpowder'. This was with the help of these supplies of Brass Cannons and Saltpetre, that Sher Shah Suri could defeat Babur's son 'Humanyun' in 1539, and force him to retreat to Kabul. Brass cannons had become all important war tool by that time. Slowly as per demand Brass utensils, specially for water carrying and storage were developed in this area and were supplied throughout the country from Rewari. The whole region lying at the border of Rajasthan and Haryana had scarcity of potable sweet water. There is no river and the underground water available in the region was brackish and Rewari was the only region nearby which had sweet drinkable water due to the presence of four huge lakes or “bawadis” there. Rain water was the only source of drinkable water. It was collected in the lakes and wells were dug around the lakes to get clean water. People from the nearby places used to come to take water. Clay pitchers were replaced by metal containers as copper ore was available in nearby Khetri in Rajasthan. Rewari became regional centre of sheet metalwork and craftsmen skilled in this work flourished in Rewari. The basic purpose that led to the initiation of the craft was storage of water hence big and small utensils ”bartans” were made like kund or “tamdi,” metal pitchers or “tokani,” “parati,” “patili” and “bhagonas.” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rewari metal work」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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