Indian art | Wikipedia audio article
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Indian art


00:01:21 1 Early Indian art
00:01:30 1.1 Rock art
00:02:37 1.2 Indus Valley Civilization (c.span&#8201;5000 BCE
00:04:19 1.3 Mauryan art (c.span&#8201;322 BCE
00:05:45 1.4 Buddhist art (c.span&#8201;1 BCE
00:07:45 1.4.1 Shunga Dynasty (c. 185 BCE – 72 BCE)
00:09:53 1.4.2 Satavahana dynasty (c. 1st/3rd century BCE  – c. 3rd century CE)
00:11:53 1.4.3 Kushan Empire (c. 30 CE - c. 375 CE)
00:13:34 1.5 Gupta art (c.span&#8201;320 CE
00:14:44 2 Middle Kingdoms and the Late Medieval period (c.span&#8201;600 CE
00:14:53 2.1 Dynasties of South India (c.span&#8201;3rd century CE
00:16:22 2.2 Temples of Khajuraho (c.span&#8201;800 CE
00:17:21 3 Early Modern and Colonial Era (c.span&#8201;1400 CE
00:17:30 3.1 Mughal art
00:20:00 3.2 Other medieval Indian Kingdoms
00:21:11 3.3 British period (1841–1947)
00:23:16 4 Contemporary art (c.span&#8201;1900 CE
00:25:28 5 Contextual Modernism
00:28:49 6 Material history of Indian art
00:28:59 6.1 Sculpture
00:32:30 6.2 Wall painting
00:34:55 6.3 Miniature painting
00:36:25 6.4 Jewellery
00:37:08 6.5 Other materials
00:37:40 7 Contextual history of Indian art
00:37:51 7.1 Temple art
00:39:46 7.2 Folk and tribal art
00:41:59 8 Art museums of India
00:42:08 8.1 Major cities
00:42:43 8.2 Archaeological museums
00:43:30 8.3 Modern art museums
00:44:00 8.4 Other museums
00:44:19 9 See also



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Indian art consists of a variety of art forms, including plastic arts (e.g., pottery, sculpture), visual arts (e.g., paintings), performing arts and textile arts (e.g. woven silk). Geographically, it spans the entire Indian subcontinent, including what is now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and eastern Afghanistan. A strong sense of design is characteristic of Indian art and can be observed in its modern and traditional forms.
The origin of Indian art can be traced to pre-historic settlements in the 3rd millennium BC. On its way to modern times, Indian art has had cultural influences, as well as religious influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Islam. In spite of this complex mixture of religious traditions, generally, the prevailing artistic style at any time and place has been shared by the major religious groups.
In historic art, sculpture in stone and metal, mainly religious, has survived the Indian climate better than other media and provides most of the best remains. Many of the most important ancient finds that are not in carved stone come from the surrounding, drier regions rather than India itself. Indian funeral and philosophic traditions exclude grave goods, which is the main source of ancient art in other cultures.