UNESCO Collection of History of Civilizations of Central Asia : Online chapter

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Volume IV - The age of achievement A.D. 750 to the end of the fifteenth century

Part Two:
The achievements

Editors
C.E. Bosworth

Chapter 16 Arts and crafts

Part One Arts and crafts in Tansoxania and Khurasan
A. A. Hakimov

Part Two Turkic and Mongol art
E. Novgorodova

Part Three Hindu and Buddhist arts and crafts: tiles, ceramics and pottery
A. H. Dani


\|Part One: Arts and Crafts in Transoxania and Khurasan
\| Ceramics	\| Metal-working	\| Jewellery
\| Artefacts made of glass, bone and wood	\| Paper making	\| Fine fabrics and carpet making
\| Mural paintings and sculpture
\| Part Two: Turkic and Mongol Art
\| Uighur art and sculpture	\| Sculptures of the Türks of Kazakhstan and Mongolia	\| Mongol art: architecture and painting
\| Chinese Turkistan and China	\| Tibet
\| Part Three: Hindu and Buddhist Arts and Crafts: Tiles, Ceramics and Pottery

Part Two
TURKIC AND MONGOL ART
(E. Novgorodova)

The Inner Asian regions had a rich artistic heritage in both prehistoric times and those of early recorded history; for these, see Volume II, especially Chapter 15, and Volume III, Chapter 14.