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Western Indian School of Painting Also called Jaina Painting, largely devoted to the illustration of Jaina religious texts of the 12th–16th century
Notable sites → Gujrat, Uttar Pradesh, Central India & Orissa
Characterized by simple, bright colours, highly conventionalized figures, and wiry, angular drawing
The naturalism of early Indian wall painting is entirely absent.
The earliest manuscripts are on palm leaves with the figures shown from a frontal view
The facial type, with its pointed nose, resembles to wall paintings at Ellora
Prominent feature → Projecting “further eye,” which extends beyond the outline of the face in profile
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