Day: May 11, 2020

Provincial Painting: Deccan Painting A distinct style of painting emerged in the kingdoms of Ahmadnagar, Bijapur and Golconda in the Deccan in the late 15th century and predates the Mughal painting. The Decanni style reached its zenith in the 17th century. Beside the usual portraits and illustrations to literary works, there are sometimes illustrated chronicles, such […]

Cultural Traditions in India, 750- 1200: Literature in Sanskrit Sanskrit continued to be a vehicle for higher thought and a medium for literature during the period under review. Following the great Sankara, works in the field of Advaita philosophy by Ramanuja, Madhava, Vallabha, etc., continued to be written in Sanskrit. selfstudyhistory.com The speed with which their […]

Culture in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: Persian literature, literature in the regional languages of North India, literature in the languages of South India The Sultanate witnessed the flowering of a rich corpus of literature. This was a period when new languages were introduced with a remarkable growth in the sphere of culture and literature. […]

Culture in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: Painting, music, evolution of composite culture Painting The history of painting in the Sultanate period is obscure compared with its architecture. It is primarily due to the non-availability of any surviving specimen for at least the first hundred years of the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate. selfstudyhistory.com Equally […]

Malwa Architecture Malwa style of architecture developed in Malwa region during 15th and 16th century. Unlike other regions, the Muslim rulers of Malwa did not inherit any strong tradition of visual art. It was only in the later period that original elements of architecture were developed and decorative motifs of their own were adopted in […]