Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.356

c6.356

Devī Māhātmya. All the illustrated manuscripts of the Devī Māhātmya, so far traced, belong to the paper period of Western Indian painting and are datable after 1400 A.D. The earliest manuscript (nearly about 15th century), containing twelve miniatures, belongs to the Baroda Art Gallery⁴⁹. Among the early 17th century manuscripts may be mentioned three manuscripts preserved in the treasury of H. H. the Nawab Saheb of Pālanpur.