A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.32

c7.32

In painting, including drawing, it is little short of unreasonable to affirm that India has produced no works of fine art. The frescoes of Ajaṇṭā and Sīgiriya bear eloquent testimony to the contrary, and expert opinion fully recognizes the high qualities of the Indo-Persian school, which, in some of its branches, includes distinctly Indian or Hindu elements. The *Rāgmālā*, or 'musical mode', pictures especially, while largely Persian in technique, are purely Indian in sentiment and often of remarkable beauty.