Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c10.s1.30

c10.s1.30

There is no variety in the treatment of human figures in Western Indian art. Dieties, Tīrthamkaras, kings, warriors, monks, princes and princesses, attendants, both male and female, are represented. Among them may be noted the curious type of the old ascetic with white beard, who stays for a long time as a favourite subject with the Indian painters. It is the same with the groups of dancers and musicians which are found right from Ajaṇṭā and Ellura to the miniatures from Bīrbhūm in Bengal and numerous Mughal and Rājpūt paintings.