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monk calm and quite, etc.
A few scenes are painted with a simple background of mountains, clouds and trees. Mostly, they lack landscape. The figures are shown with a red-coloured background. The prominent colours used in them are red, indigo blue, golden or yellow, white etc. The illustrated manuscripts are painted in Western Indian style as well as in other styles such as Rajasthani, particularly Bundi and belong from 15th century A.D.
to 18th century A.D. The manuscripts from Rajasthan are known from Amer, Jobner (near Ajmer), Bundi and Sirohi. REFERENCES
Saryu Doshi, Masterpieces of Jain Painting, Bombay, 1985, Marg Publications; U.P Shah, More Documents of Jain Paintings and Gujarati Paintings of the Sixteenth and Later Centuries, Ahmedabad, 1976, L.D. Series, No. 51
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