Description
Wall paintings and miniatures form the two main categories of Indian paintings. Both of these are, by their very nature, perishable, being a natural prey to humidity, heat, insects and a host of others each including human neglect. The changing of aesthetic norms and a general apathy towards the need to preserve anything old have exacted their toll, than leaving very few extant examples of paintings done in ancient India, between eight cent B.C and the ninth cent A.D.