Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s8.11

c9.s8.11

The *Silparatna*⁵¹, a 16th century Sanskrit text on architecture and painting, gives methods for making gold powder and also applying gold-leaf to paintings. The methods are very similar to those employed by the Mughal painters and it is possible that the author of the *Silparatna* derived his information from the Persian sources.