The earliest surviving evidence of Indian miniature paintings can be traced to the Buddhist and Jain texts which were decorated with illustrative artworks on scrolls and manuscripts. The advent of the Mughal rule in India ushered the influence of Per...

Madhubani painting, also known as Mithila painting, is practised in the state of Bihar and also in the Mithila region of neighbouring Nepal. Although having a folkish visual idiom, the splendid use of colour and spatial composition lend them a supe...

The Gonds are one of the largest indigenous communities in India, concentrated in Madhya Pradesh and the surrounding regions. The word God comes from Kond, a Dravidian word meaning green mountains. Traditional Gond art was created on the walls and fa...

The Gonds are one of the largest indigenous communities in India, concentrated in Madhya Pradesh and the surrounding regions. The word God comes from Kond, a Dravidian word meaning green mountains. Traditional Gond art was created on the walls and fa...