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Revision note: Indian Painting: Murals, Miniatures and Folk Traditions

  • Bhimbetka (UNESCO 2003, V.S. Wakankar); Ajanta murals – tempera, Jatakas, Padmapani (Cave 1), Vakatakas
  • Sittanavasal (Jain), Lepakshi (Vijayanagara), Thanjavur Chola frescoes
  • Pala palm-leaf manuscripts; Jain Kalpasutra
  • Mughal: Mir Sayyid Ali, Abdus Samad; Hamzanama (Akbar); Ustad Mansur, Abul Hasan (Jahangir – naturalism)
  • Rajasthani: Mewar, Bundi–Kota, Kishangarh (Bani Thani – Nihal Chand); Pahari: Basohli (beetle wings), Guler (Nainsukh), Kangra (Sansar Chand)
  • Folk: Madhubani (Bihar), Warli (Maharashtra), Pattachitra (Odisha), Kalamkari (AP), Gond (MP), Phad (Rajasthan), Kalighat (Bengal)
  • Modern: Ravi Varma, Abanindranath Tagore (Bharat Mata), Amrita Sher-Gil, Progressive Artists' Group 1947
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