What is "karkhana"

Karkhana may refer to:

• Karkhana, Bangladesh
• Karkhana, Secunderabad, India

group of manakari is called karakhana

Karkhana বাংলা

Karkhana a manufacturing centre under state supervision during the Sultanate and Mughal periods and now a common term for a place of manufacture or assembling. In view of the rural setting and subsistence economy of India, the Muslim rulers, who came from a different background of production and marketing, felt the need for maintaining state sponsored and state controlled karkhanas to supply the royal household and departments of government with provisions, stores and equipment. muhammad bin tughlaq is said to have established many such karkhanas. His successor Sultan firuz shah tughlaq turned these karkhanas into centres of vocational training as well. Many of the war captives, who were turned slaves, were distributed among these karkhanas to be trained in manufacturing, arts and crafts.

At the time of akbar karkhanas formed a regular department under the Diwan-i-Buyutat and Mir Saman (khan-i-saman). During his time, greater attention was given to the training of apprentices in these karkhanas. These young apprentices were placed under an Ustad (master craftsman) to learn the art and become experts themselves in course of time. A high-standing royal officer assisted by subordinates (mutasarrifs) on the spot headed these karkhanas.