Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.66
Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.66
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c6.66
In the tenth and eleventh centuries wall-paintings seem to have been a common mode of artistic expression in South India. It is remarkable that most of such paintings come from the Digambara Jain temples, and also from Hindu temples. The wall paintings in the Digambara Jain temple at Tirumalai are datable on the strength of inscriptions between the tenth and fourteenth centuries.³⁴ On the stylistic grounds,³⁵ however, the Tirumalai wall-paintings may belong to the 11th or 12th century.