The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s5.22

c13.s5.22

The most universal topic of *śilpaśāstras* is house-building. But it deals with many other topics directly or indirectly allied to edifices, for instance, furniture, decorations and ornaments, etc. Besides, the topics of sculpture as well as painting are also discussed in *śilpaśāstras*. There are chapters on sculpture and painting in the *Agni* and *Matsya Purāṇas*. The *Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa*, for instance, has a chapter on *chitra* (painting).