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the late 17th century. Bhanudatta’s Rasa- Mughal empire. Hence, the Mughal artistic tastes
manjari was the most popular text to be influenced the regional courts of the Deccan and
painted here. the Rajput courts of Rajasthan. At the same time,

The emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah they developed and retained their distinctive
Jahan patronised and highly skilled painters features. Following the Mughal example, portraits
who primarily illustrated manuscripts of rulers and court scenes came to be painted.
containing historical records and poetry. Apart from these, themes from mythology and
These had the following features : poetry were depicted at centres such as— Mewar,
Jodhpur, Bundi, Kota and Kishangarh.
g They were generally painted in brilliant
colours. Thus, a very interesting feature of Medieval India
is the emergence of regional cultures. These
g They generally portrayed court scenes,
regional cultural traits emerged as a result of the
scenes of battle or hunting and other
inter-mixing of local traditions with ideas from
aspects of social life.
other parts of the subcontinent. The rise of
Many painters moved out to the courts of other
regional cultures gave rise to the unique diversity
emerging regional states with the decline of the
of India.

SOME OF THE CENTRES
OF REGIONAL CULTURE
Ladakh
Jammu &
Kashmir
Himachal
Pradesh
Punjab
Haryana Uttaranchal
Delhi Arunachal Pradesh
Jaipur
Rajasthan
Ajmer
Jodhpur Lucknow + + + + + + + Assam
Nagaland
Mewar
Uttar Pradesh Bihar Meghalaya
Chittaurgarh Manipur
Tropic of Caner
Dhaka
Jharkhand
Tripura
Gujarat West
Madhya Pradesh Bengal Mizoram
Chhattisgarh
Odisha
Maharashtra
B A Y
Telangana O F
B E N G A L
Andhra Pradesh
A R A B I A N
S E A Karnataka

Tamilnadu Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)
REFERENCE
Kerala
Centres of Kathak
Traditions

I N D I A O C E A N

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