By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy
India has the good fortune of having multi-coloured paintings of known as well as unknown painters. Actually painting started during the pre-historic period as evidenced at Chitradurga, Hirebenakur, Mirzapur and other places. Later Ajanta and Ellora paintings were discovered. In Simhala, Sigiriya became famous for multi-coloured paintings. In fact in many places, later, paintings have been done over the faded surfaces of the earlier paintings. In medieval period, Rajasthani and Mughal paintings became important. Kangra paintings showing Lord Sri Krishna in various attractive poses have become important. All these show that there was a tradition of painting in different parts of our country.
