Mughal Painting
Rasikapriyâ-manuscript Scene
Mughal painting is a particular style of South Asian painting, generally confined to miniatures, either as book illustrations or as single works.
The art form emerged from Persian miniature painting (itself largely of Chinese origin), with Indian Muslim, Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist influences, and developed largely in the court of the Mughal Empire from the 16th to 18th centuries.
The Mughal emperors were Muslims and they are credited to have consolidated Islam in South Asia, and spread Muslim (and particularly Persian) arts and culture as well as the faith.
Mughal paintings later spread to other Indian courts, both Muslim and Hindu, and later Sikh. The mingling of Persian and indigenous Indian elements flourished under the patronage of the Turko-Afghan Delhi Sultanate.
The art form emerged from Persian miniature painting (itself largely of Chinese origin), with Indian Muslim, Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist influences, and developed largely in the court of the Mughal Empire from the 16th to 18th centuries.
The Mughal emperors were Muslims and they are credited to have consolidated Islam in South Asia, and spread Muslim (and particularly Persian) arts and culture as well as the faith.
Mughal paintings later spread to other Indian courts, both Muslim and Hindu, and later Sikh. The mingling of Persian and indigenous Indian elements flourished under the patronage of the Turko-Afghan Delhi Sultanate.
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