Indian art and culture / Painting
Folk and tribal painting traditions
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Kalamkari: hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile of Andhra Pradesh (Srikalahasti pen work, Machilipatnam blocks)
- Madhubani or Mithila (Bihar), Pattachitra (Odisha and Bengal), Kalighat pats
- Warli (Maharashtra), Gond (Madhya Pradesh), Pithora (Rathwa, Gujarat), Saura (Odisha)
- Phad scrolls (Rajasthan, Pabuji), Cheriyal scrolls (Telangana), Manjusha (Bihar), Thangka (Himalayan Buddhist)
Where to study
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 7
An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 5 Later Mural Traditions
- ch. 5 Later Mural Traditions, pp. 1-7 (printed 61-67)
InsightsIAS, Ancient Indian History topic index
- Folk Paintings