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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 13135850, member: 4654&quot;]What This Means for Suraj Buksh&#039;s Medal</p><p>Knowing how massive the event was entirely changes how we view your table. Suraj Buksh wasn&#039;t just competing against a few guys in his neighborhood. His work was being closely scrutinized by a rigorous panel of thirteen specialized Indian and British jurors who were coming in from all over the empire. [<a href="http://www.sahapedia.org/why-1883-jaipur-exhibition-industrial-arts-was-important-india" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sahapedia.org/why-1883-jaipur-exhibition-industrial-arts-was-important-india" rel="nofollow">1</a>]</p><p>For him to walk away with a Bronze Medal out of 7,000 elite entries means he was officially recognized on a global stage as a top-tier metalwork master of the British Empire. He was an award-winner at the 19th-century equivalent of the Art Olympics[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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