The King’s Craftsmen’ explores for the first time the saga of the craftsmen community of Thiruvananthapuram, who were once celebrated for their skill in producing magnificent handicrafts in ivory. The book traces the transformation, through time, of both the craftsmen and the craft. The narrative starts with the popular tales associated with the ivory craftsmen and takes the reader to the historical context in which ivory craft thrived in Travancore. In the process, the author brings to light, the artistic and cultural contributions of the craftsmen community. As a work that explores an area hitherto unlooked, that too about a community that has not left much written evidence, the main challenge the author faced was to locate sources illustrating the life of the craft people. The author, through meticulous archival work and collection of oral history, has finally succeeded in building up a reliable historical narrative of the origin and progress of ivory craft in Travancore.