[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c15.s5.7 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.s5.7 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.s5.7 - **Language:** English ### [c15.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5.7) changes consequent upon the battle of Plassey (1757), no doubt, must have had a stimulating effect upon Hindu activity. Multitudes of works were then produced, mostly Indo-Persian in technique, but thoroughly Hindu in subject and feeling. Probably, as Dr. Coomaraswamy thinks, several distinct local schools may be distinguished; but the detailed examination of the pictures is not yet advanced sufficiently to warrant such nice discrimination. The examples preserved vary enormously in merit, many being coarse daubs, others of middling quality, and a few of high excellence. - [Previous: c15.s5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5.5) - [Next: c15.s5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5.8) - [Up: c15.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5.7) · Pramāṇa