THE ORIGIN OF INDIAN PAINTINGS AND THE EMERGENCE OF MINIATURE SCHOOLS OF PAINTING IN INDIA

Indian traditional art has always been rich in its types, forms and tecniques. Apart from the sculptures, poetry, textile arts, pottery, drama, dance, music etc., paintings are also an inextricable form of Indian art. The origin Indian art can be traced to ore-historic settlements in the 3rd millennium BC. The Indian art has undergone inevitable changes as a result of the influences of cultures, traditions, religions, religious sentiments, climatic conditions, globalisation and multiple other factors. Thus, with the development of the Indian civilization over the years developed the numerous kinds of paintings, as a means of communication, entertainment and livelihood. Being an important form of artistic expression, these paintings depict the life and customs followed by the people of different time periods.