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how was the evolution of painting

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black
ochre
white

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what are cupules

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humaan made depression on bhimetka

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what did green painting signify and what did red painiting signify

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green was for dancers and red for hunters

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which color was not easily available for ancient period

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blue

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what was speciality of upper paleolithic painting

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made on quartzite caves and used ochre color

large painting less painting

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mesolithic painting speciality

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smaller size and showed group hunting
red color dominance
and more themes

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which animals were found in bhimbetka

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bison, bear, tiger cattle snake barasingha spotted dear

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chalcolithic painting speciality

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yellow color newly found

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what are petroglyps

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engraved in rocks

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sites of chalcolithic paintings

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jogimara 1000BC ramgarh hills

chitwa dongri - chinese riding a donkey, drgaon and agri scenes

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what are kupgallu, piklihal and tekkalkotta

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chalcolithic painting sites
piklihal karn
tekkalkota karn where trident was found
kupgallu telangana

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where is lakhudiyar and what is the speciality

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near suyal river UK

long snouted animal and human hand linked dancing figures found

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where is narsinghgarh

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MP

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ghodsar and kohbar

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chattisgarh and chinese figurines found

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ajanta cave painting belonged to which school

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madhydesha school

400 CE by ajanta

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who patronized ajanta

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satvanhans and vakataka

and consisted of mainly buddhists cave

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boddhistattva in ajanta

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vajrapnani, manjushri, padmapani

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cave 9 and cave 10

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built by satvahans and had shaddanta jatak on cave 10

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cave 16

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dying princess

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cave 17

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buddha returning home
flying apsara
indira image

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where is mahajank jatak

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cave 1 and cave 2

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22
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is ajanta true fresco

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both mural and fresco

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23
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what is shibi jatak

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offered own flesh to pigeon buddha

present in ajanta caves

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matri poshaka jatka

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ungrateful man saved by elephant give the wherebaout of king
ajanta caves

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other themes of ajanta

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persian ambassador in king chalukya pulakeshin 2 court

foreigners drinking wine and visiting buddha

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what are the other famous painting in ajanta

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naga king and his consort

mahaparinirvana of buddha

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27
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where is bagh cave situated

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near river baghani

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28
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which school bagh cave belonged to

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madhyadeshika

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29
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when was bagh cave painted is it secular

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during ajanta period and was secular like ajanta

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which is famous painting of bagh cave

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cave 4 rangmahal

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where is pachantantra painting of cunning fox story found

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lothal on red ware

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32
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which potware was commonly found in vedic period

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painted greyware

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33
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which pottery did mahajanapadas made

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NWPW

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34
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ellora cave built

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600 -1000 BC

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35
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who patronized ellora cave

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rashtrakuta and yadava-jains

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36
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where is kailashnath temple found and who built it

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cave 16 and built by rashtrakuta

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37
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where is vishwakarma cave

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in ellora caves and buddha is found in vyakana position

38
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dasaavatar temple and rameshwar temple found in

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ellora caves

39
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indra sabha and jaganath sabha

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jain cave in ellora

40
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elephanta caves

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6th AD by kalachuri dynasty

41
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what are famous painting found in elephanta

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dedicated to shaivism and paintings include 
trimurti
gangadhara
ardhanrishwara
kalyansundara
natraja
ravanugraha
42
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badami paintings include

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tandava
vishnu as trivikarma
jaina sculptures like parshavanath and bahubali
4 armed bramha swan
patronized by magalesha - chalukyan king
made of sandstones

43
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where is the vidyarana painting found

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he was spiritual guru of bukkaraya harsha and his painting commonly found in virupaksha temple

44
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in which temple is lepakshi painitng

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veerbhadra temple and painting has complete absence of primary colors

45
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which were other painting from nayaka school

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In Tiruvarur, there is a panel narrating the story of Machukunda.
In the Srikrishna temple in Arcot District tnarrating the story of the Ramayana,

46
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painting at thiruparakuram belong to which school

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earlier it was vijaynagar later nayaka also Earlier paintings depict scenes from the life of Vardhamana Mahavira Mahabharata and Ramayana and also scenes from Krishna Leela.

47
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which king is denoted in mandagapattu and which school did it belong

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The inscriptions at Mandagapattu mentions Mahendravarman I with numerous titles such as Vichitrachitta (curious minded), Chitrakarapuli (tiger among artists), Chaityakari (temple builder), which shows his interests in art activities.
PALLAVA

48
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who patronizzed the painting at kanchipuram

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Paintings in Kanchipuram temple were patronized by the Pallava king, Rajasimha.

49
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what is sittavansal cave also called as

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ariyar koil built in 2nd CE but painting from 7 th CE

50
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what are 2 famous temple caves at sittavansal

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panamlai and tirumalapuram (pandya dynasty)

it was jain temple (mahendravrman)

51
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what is samavasarana

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it is a hall where tirthankar delivered sermon at sittavasnal

52
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ravana chaya

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early FRANCO painting belonging to odisha school

53
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kerala mural

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Kerala painters (16th to 18th century) evolved a pictorial language 
kalam ezhutu belong to this group
54
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what is miniature painting

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very small (25 sq inch) and 1/6th of the actual size and can be done on any medium
derived from the word minimum which means red lead paint
55
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what are two famous miniature painting schools

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pala 8-12th CE
apabhramsa
mughal
rajput

56
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what was speciality of pala painting

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drawn on leaf or vellum painting
lost and lonely figures
savachasma face

57
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prominent painters dhimman and vitapala belong to

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pala school

58
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astasahastrika prajnaparamita

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pala painting which is perfection of wisdom personified by female diety by mahayana buddhism

59
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where did apabhramsa school originate

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GJ and mewar

11 - 15 first jaina then vaishnava therefore brought concepts of gitagovinda and secular love in painting

60
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kalpasutr and kalakacharya katha depicted in

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apabhramsa school

61
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what is nimatnama

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The Nimatnama-i-Nasiruddin-Shahi is Indian cookbook, written by ghiyath seth malwa ruler

62
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who wrote miftah ul futuh

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Miftah-ul-Futuh also known as “Key to the Victories” was composed by Amir Khusro in honour of Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji.

63
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who wrote nuh siphir

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Khusrau wrote a masnavi on Mubarak Shah Khalji called Nuh Sipihr (Nine Skies), which described the events of Mubarak Shah Khalji’s reign

64
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tughlaq nama

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Amir Khusrau wrote TughlaqNama in 1321 about how Ghiyath al-Din Tughlaq had established the Tughlaq dynasty and how Tughlaqs had reigned over Delhi Sultanate .

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sabaq i hindi

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Sabaq-i-hindi: Poetical form of Amir Khusrau - Art & Culture … It means style of India. He also created new ragas like ainam, ghora, sanam, etc.

66
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mughal painting speciality

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subject matter is indian and ornamentation was persian

67
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persian artist behzad belong to

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babur and was originally from taimur dynasty

68
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painters during humayun

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brought abdus samvad and mir sayyid ali

69
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who commisioned the work of dastan e amir hamza

70
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what was the speciality of painting during akbar

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human figures for the 1st time was introduced during akbar
coins minted had zodiac signs
he started tasvir khana and court art during akbar was quite famous
3 D figures with use of calligraphy

71
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who was called shirin kalam

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abdul samad

72
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what is maktab khana

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translation house

73
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who wrote tutinama

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nakshabi
Tutinama, literal meaning “Tales of a Parrot”, is a 14th-century series of 52 stories in Persian. , especially a version containing 250 miniature paintings was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor, Akbar i

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hamzanama

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The Hamzanama or Dastan-e-Amir Hamza narrates the legendary exploits of Amir Hamza, an uncle of Muhammad.
The series of 1400 paintings on cloth was directed by two Iranian master artists, Mir Sayyed Ali and Khwaja Abd-as Samad. commisioned during akbar

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anwar i suaheli

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The Anwar-i-Suhaili, written by Hussain Ali Waiz, is a Persian version of the Panchatantra.

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razmnama

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The Razmnāma (Book of War) (رزم نامہ) is a Persian translation of the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata, commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar. done by basavan

77
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who drew ramayana

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abdul qadir badayuni

78
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who were notable painters during akbar

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mir sayyid ali
kwaja abdur samvad
bihzad
bhag
miskin
basavam
manohar
daulat
mansur
kesu
lal
shankar govardhan
dasvantha
mukund
79
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who was first scholar to translate text from sankrit to persian

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zia nakshabi

80
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jahangir time timing

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zebra turkey cock he himself was painter and drawn many portraits

81
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who drew jahangir and sufi saint shaikh hassain

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bicht painter

82
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ustad mansoor

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famous bird painter during jahangir

83
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abul hassan

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animal painter during jahangir

84
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bhimbasan das and inayat and aqa riza and mukhlis was famous painter during

85
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who commisioned ayar i danish

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animal fable book during jahangir

86
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shahajahan painting speciality

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reduced liveliness one sided painting and european influence with increased use of gold and silver

87
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whose painting included james 1

88
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abdul hamid lahori

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padshahnama

89
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shah jahanama

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inayat khan

90
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painters bichter anup and chaitraman belong to

91
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who revived painting after aurangazeb

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bahadur shah

92
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who wrote tarif e hussain shahi

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nizam shah

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