Indian miniature paintings

Japanese: インド細密画 - いんどさいみつが
Indian miniature paintings

...the general term for art that has been produced since the 3rd millennium BC in the Indian subcontinent, which consists of parts of present-day India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Most of it is religious art based on India's native Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism, or on imported Islam, and is characterized by strong religious and unique sensuality, which had a great influence on art in other parts of Asia. In ancient times, Buddhism led creative activity, and Hindu art gradually became more popular from the end of antiquity, reaching its peak in the early Middle Ages.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Indian miniature paintings" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在のインド,ネパール,バングラデシュ,スリランカ,パキスタン,アフガニスタンの一部よりなるインド亜大陸で,前3千年紀以来おこなわれた美術の総称。そのほとんどがインド固有の仏教,ジャイナ教,ヒンドゥー教,あるいは外来のイスラムに基づく宗教美術であり,強い宗教性と独特の官能性とを顕著な特色とし,アジア各地の美術に多大な影響を及ぼした。古代には仏教が造形活動を主導し,ヒンドゥー教美術は古代末期からしだいに盛んになり中世前期に最盛期を迎えた。…

※「インド細密画」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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