Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c10.131

c10.131

Both translators use the word “canvas” in describing the picture. Some of the ancient Central Asian paintings discovered by Dr. Von Lecoq are painted on cloth prepared with a ground of lime like modern Tibetan paintings; so it is not impossible that a canvas of this kind may have been used by Indian painters in the time of Kâlidâs. But from the Sanskrit text it would appear more probable that a wooden panel is intended.