Ajrak (Sindhi: اجرڪ) is a name given to a unique form of blockprinted shawls and tiles found in Sindh, Pakistan. Ajraks are also worn by the Seraiki people of Southern Punjab and Kutch. These shawls display special designs and patterns made using block printing by stamps. Common colours used while making these patterns may include but are not limited to blue, red, black, yellow and green. Over the years, ajraks have become a symbol of the Sindhi culture and traditions.
Early human settlements in the region which is now the province Sindh in Pakistan along the Indus River had found a way of cultivating and using Gossypium arboreum commonly known as tree cotton to make clothes for themselves. These civilizations are thought to have mastered the art of making cotton fabrics as early as 3000 BC.[1] A bust of a king priest excavated at Mohenjo-daro shows him draped over one shoulder in a piece of cloth that resembles an ajrak.
What came as a formidable explanation for this observation was the trefoil pattern etched on the person's garment interspersed with small circles, the interiors of which were filled with a red pigment. Excavations elsewhere in the Old World around Mesopotamia have yielded similar patterns appearing on various objects most notably on the royal couch of Tutankhamen. This symbol illustrates what is now believed to be an edifice depicting the fusion of the three sun-disks of the gods of the sun, water and the earth. Reminiscent geometry of the trefoil is evident on most of the recent ajrak prints.
बाँट सकते हैं – रचना की प्रतिलिपि बना सकते हैं, बाँँट सकते हैं और संचारित कर सकते हैं
रीमिक्स कर सकते हैं – कार्य को अनुकूलित कर सकते हैं
निम्नलिखित शर्तों के अंतर्गत:
श्रेय – यह अनिवार्य है कि आप यथोचित श्रेय प्रदान करें, लाइसेंस की कड़ी प्रदान करें, और अगर कोई बदलाव हुए हों तो उन्हें इंगित करें। आप ऐसा किसी भी उचित तरीके से कर सकते हैं, लेकिन किसी भी तरह उससे यह नहीं संकेत नहीं किया जाना चाहिए कि लाइसेंसधारी द्वारा आपको अथवा आपके इस प्रयोग का समर्थन किया जा रहा हो।
समानसांझा – अगर आप इस रचना में कोई बदलाव करते हैं या इसपर आधारित कुछ रचित करते हैं तो आप अपने योगदान को सिर्फ इसी या इसके सामान किसी लाइसेंस के अंतर्गत बाँट सकते हैं।