IGNOU HISTORY NOTES : India History From 8th to 15th Century - Art and Architecture of Regional States

IGNOU HISTORY Study Notes for IAS, UPSC Exams

History India From 8th to 15th Century

Art and Architecture of Regional States

Structure

32.0 Objectives
32.1 Introduction
32.2 Architecture
32.2.1 Eastern India
32.2.2 Western lndia
32.2.3 Central India
32.2.4' Deccan
32.2.5 Vijaynagar I 32.3 Painting
32.3.1 Western Indian Style
3z.3.2 Caurnpaneaaika Style
32.3.3 Provincial Developments
32.3.4 The Deccani Painting
32.4 Music
32.5 Let Us Sum Up
32.6 Key Words
32.7 Answers to Check your Progress Exercises

32.0 OBJECTIVES

The present Unit oversteps the political boundaries of the Delhi Sultanate and
attempts a study of the development in art and architecture in regions outside the
Sultanate. Its purpose is to :
emphasize the character and development of architectural styles in the buildings
in the regional states,
highlight the traditions and forms of painting, mainly of manuscript illumination,
outside of the realm of the Delhi Sultanate, and
account for some of the major developments in the musical forms in North and
South-Indian styles.

32.1 INTRODUCTION .

The development of art and architecture in the regional states follows diverse
course. While architectuie adheres mainly to the technological principles evolved
under the Indo-Islamic style, painting, particularly manuscript illumination, scales
new heights due mainly to the substitution of paper for palm-leaf as the writing
material. Music adopts a syncretic'approach. It must be understood that this
multiplicity of form does not conforni to any set geographical pattern, but
sometimes, as in the case of painting, takes cross-regional course.
The different sections of this Unit take into account the developments in
architecture, painting and music in Eastern, Western and Central India, the Deccan
and the Vijaynagar kingdom.