Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.98

v2.c77.98

**Haritala**— is one of the popular yellow pigments and Rāmaraja—yellow ochre also yields brownish yellow. “Orpiment (hartal) was used in illustrations of the Buddhist palm-leaf manuscripts of the Pala period and in the miniatures of the illustrated manuscripts of Apabhramśa or Western Indian style. The use of orpiment in Jaipur painting and Rajput painting as such only reminds us that the Rajput school, though greatly influenced by the Mughal school retained same of the earliar traditions intact. I have not seen orpiment used in Mughal painting; its yellow par excellence being gogilī or peori”—Motichand.