Vedic Art: Indian Miniature Painting, Part 14 BY: SUN STAFF
Ahmadnagar, c. 1595 Dec 26, 2011 CANADA (SUN) A serial
presentation of India's artistic legacy in paintings, sculpture
and temple architecture. THE DECCANI SCHOOLS 16th to 18th
Centuries Like the group of Bikaner paintings featured in
yesterday's segment, of Govinda fluting with His cows, there are
many beautiful Vaisnava themes to be found among the Deccan
Miniatures. Today we take a brief look at paintings from the
Ahmednagar School, a sub-category of the Deccan School. In the
Ahmednagar Miniatures, Vaisnava themes are overshadowed by the
Persian influence, no doubt because the earliest examples of
this school are no longer in existence. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra,
situated about 250 km. due east of Mumbai, was an Islamic
kingdom during the Sixteenth Century. During the late Iron Age
it was part of the territory of the Sattavahanas and during the
1st Millennium A.D. it was ruled by the Yadavas, until it fell
to the Muslim intruders. Ragamala, Ahmednag