Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c10.s1.20

c10.s1.20

This convention seems to have gained a firm foothold in the twelfth century, as is evident from the painted ceiling of a *maṇḍapa* of the Viṣṇu temple at Madanpur ³⁵ datable betwen 1130—1165 A.D. The interest of these paintings lies in the fact that they have the same characteristics, such as the pointed nose, the farther eye protruding into space and the angularity in drawing ³⁶ (Fig. 8), as in Western Indian school.