Indian PAINTINGS

INDIAN painting has a very long tradition and history.In earlier days rock painting is the only source before 5500 B.C.paintings of Ajantha caves are the most significant from the survivals.
Indian paintings can be broadly classified into two types:murals and miniatures.

MURALS:Murals are large works executed on the walls of solid structure.well,we can find such type of paintings in Ajantha caves.we can also find murals near Amaravathi in guntur district at Boudhasthupa which was at under construction.

MINIATURES:coming to miniatures,these are executed on very small scale such as books,paper and clothes. The art of miniature painting reached its glory during the Mughal period. The tradition of miniature paintings was carried forward by the painters of different Rajastani schools of painting like the Bundi, Kishangarh, and Jaipur.

MUGHAL: Mughal painting is a particular style of Indian painting, generally confined to illustrations on the book and done in miniatures, and which emerged, developed and took shape during the period of the Mughal Empire ( 16th -19th centuries).mughal emperors wanted to show their deeds of hunting,conquering etc.for that they selected painting as the best weapon.

TANJORE PAINTING:it is an important form of indian classical painting native to the town of tanjore in TamilNadu.it mainly encourages art and literature.