The Arts of Indian subcontinent
History of Indian art
Indian art encompasses a wide variety of art forms, including painting, sculpture, pottery, and textile arts. Geographically, it spans the entire Indian subcontinent, including the current India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and at times eastern Afghanistan. The arts of Indian subcontinent has been influenced by culture as well as religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Islam. Indian art also has influences from foreign countries and continents especially from Central Asia, Iran, and Europe. Indian subcontinent also has a wide literary history of stalwarts contributing to it immensely since ancient times. The art & literature of the Indian subcontinent has merged intimately with Indian tradition and culture.
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Rock arts of prehistoric era
The origin of Indian art can be traced back to prehistoric settlements in the 3rd millennium BCE. Indian subcontinent has many rock art forms. The ancient art forms include rock paintings and engravings of prehistoric people . Later with the growth of civilizations terracotta figurines emerged as part of the culture and arts . Archeological studies denote that religious beliefs and daily life activities were portrayed in these art forms.
Rock arts of prehistoric era
Rock art of India includes rock relief carvings, engravings and paintings, some from the South Asian Stone Age. It is estimated there are about 1300 rock art sites with over a quarter of a million figures and figurines