The fertile plains of Uttar Pradesh offered an ideal habitat for the early Muslim settlers who came in the wake of the establishment of Turkish rule in India. The hostility was confined mainly within the ruling classes - The Rajas, Rawats, Rais and the original village echelons and the muqtis and their subordinates. Muslim concentration in towns was primarily due to their socio-political organizations, their exclusive racial and religious complexion. Muslims have always had an influential upper class consisting of Nawabs, Rajas and Chaudhries because of their historical antecedents.The middle class, comparatively thin among Muslims, is engaged in the traditional trades like leather. Commerce and trade was not a Muslim forte. Muslims have overwhelmingly large lower class, appallingly poor, ignorant, conservative and hide-bound. It consists of artisans, petty traders, weavers, carpet makers, labourers, butchers, kite-makers, vegetable-settlers and the like.
This Handicrafts Palace is at 49, Bansal Nagar. It has a wide selection of marble, other state emporia round the Taj include UP's Gangotri have fixed prices.paper, marble, silk, and canvas. Address : Shrama Art Gallery, 15-A New Colony, Kalaji-Goraji, agra, India. .
The city has a number of Souvenir Shops approved by U.P. Tourism details of which can be had from the local Tourist Office:
M/s Ram Babu & Sons,Near Hotel Mugal Sheretan, Fatehabad Road, Agra.
M/s U.P. Handicrafts Industries, Taj View Tiraha, Agra.
M/s Marble Main Emporium, 18/160-C, Fatehabad Road, Tajganj, Agra.
M/s Handicraft In Emporium, 18/160-C, Fatehabad Road, Tajganj, Agra.
M/s Kanu Carpet Factory, 18/160/I-A, Purani Mandi, Tajganj, Agra.
M/s Virgo International, Paschimi Gate, Taj Mahal, Agra.
M/s Handicraft Gailari, 18-A/54, Jasodia Enclave, Agra.
M/s Sanjai Sports, Near Mayur Tourist Complex, Fatehabad Road, Agra.
M/s Jem Art, 18-A/8-C/2, Fatehabad Road, Agra.
M/s U. P. Handicraft Palaces, Near Ganga ratan Hotel, Fatehabad Road, Agra.
M/s U. P. Craft Palace, Near Ratan Hotel, Fatehabad Road, Agra.
M/s U. P. Handicraft Development, Handicraft Nagar, Agra.
M/s U. P. Handicraft Emporium, Sadan Bazar, Agra.
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