Paintings are considered one of the best antiques available. India is a country where lots of paintings were made. Some of the great painters are from here. Indian artists are famous for their miniature paintings.

1. Indian Miniature Paintings and the history behind them
Paintings are considered one of the best antiques available. India is a country where lots of paintings
were made. Some of the great painters are from here. Indian artists are famous for their miniature
paintings. Indian kings use to place the miniature paintings all over the palace. Moreover paintings from
India are found to have more traditional value to it.
All Miniature paintings created in India follow a particular theme or historical recordings. Indian artisans
use natural colors to paint any kind of miniatures. Their brush strokes are so gentle and it makes the
painting to look marvelous. Colors they use are extracted from minerals, stones and vegetables.
Extracting colors from these sources is a tiresome process, but they still prefer to use them. Indian
artisans have great skills and their work include a lot of preparation.
History of Indian miniature paintings gives you a lot of information. The origin of these miniature
paintings is found to be the Himalayas in Indian region. The art of miniature paintings is evolved through
decades from 600AD. Many kingdoms followed this process and developed a lot of antiques. Indian
kings use to spend a lot of money for arts and architecture. They appreciate the artisans work a lot.
Rajputs and Mughasls of Indian dynasty proposed some great arts followed by the manuscripts of jains
and Buddhist monks. Mughal and rajput dynasties promoted the miniature paintings in a wide manner
during 1100AD. They also use to store the antiques covertly.
The paintings from India have rich theme values. The Indian miniature paintings are mostly inspired
from epic stories from their culture. Indian epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata have inspired so many
artists here. They also depicted nature in their paintings a lot like animals, flowers, scenery, etc.
Many art schools had been started to teach paintings to their people and develop their cultural values.
There were many art schools located in Rajasthan in the regions of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Mewar. Mughal
schools are more famous for their miniature paintings. Since the origin of Mughals is Persia, their
miniature paintings have been considerably inspired by Persian styles. The Mughal king Jehangir is the
main reason for the development of so many miniature paintings.
There are cultural differences in India between Rajputs and Mughals. Paintings of Rajputs are largely
inspired by the God Krishna and Radha. You can find a lot other kinds of paintings also from India since
there were so many different kingdoms down south also.