Fresco Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===India=== [[File:Indischer Maler des 6. Jahrhunderts 001.jpg|thumb|Fresco from the [[Ajanta Caves]] built and painted during the [[Gupta Empire]] in the 6th century AD]] Thanks to large number of ancient rock-cut cave temples, valuable ancient and early medieval frescoes have been preserved in more than 20 locations of India.<ref>[http://www.wondermondo.com/Best/As/IndMedCavePaint.htm Ancient and medieval Indian cave paintings - Internet encyclopedia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624064956/http://www.wondermondo.com/Best/As/IndMedCavePaint.htm |date=24 June 2018 }} by Wondermondo. Retrieved 4 June 2010.</ref> The frescoes on the ceilings and walls of the [[Ajanta Caves]] were painted between {{Circa|200 BC and 600}} and are the oldest known frescoes in India. They depict the [[Jataka]] tales that are stories of the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]]'s life in former existences as [[Bodhisattva]]. The narrative episodes are depicted one after another although not in a linear order. Their identification has been a core area of research on the subject since the time of the site's rediscovery in 1819. Other locations with valuable preserved ancient and early medieval frescoes include [[Bagh Caves]], [[Ellora Caves]], [[Sittanavasal]], [[Armamalai Cave]], [[Badami Cave Temples]] and other locations. Frescoes have been made in several techniques, including tempera technique. The later [[Chola]] paintings were discovered in 1931 within the circumambulatory passage of the [[Brihadisvara Temple]] in India and are the first Chola specimens discovered. Researchers have discovered the technique used in these frescos. A smooth batter of limestone mixture was applied over the stones, which took two to three days to set. Within that short span, such large paintings were painted with natural organic pigments. During the [[Thanjavur Nayak|Nayak]] period, the Chola paintings were painted over. The Chola frescos lying underneath have an ardent spirit of [[saivism]] expressed in them. They probably synchronised with the completion of the temple by [[Rajaraja Cholan]] the Great. The frescoes in [[Dogras|Dogra]]/ Pahari style paintings exist in their unique form at [[Sheesh Mahal, Ramnagar|Sheesh Mahal]] of Ramnagar (105 km from [[Jammu]] and 35 km west of Udhampur). Scenes from epics of [[Mahabharat]] and [[Ramayan]] along with portraits of local lords form the subject matter of these wall paintings. [[Rang Mahal (Chamba)|Rang Mahal]] of Chamba ([[Himachal Pradesh]]) is another site of historic [[Dogri]] fresco with wall paintings depicting scenes of ''Draupti Cheer Haran'', and ''Radha- Krishna Leela''. This can be seen preserved at National Museum at New Delhi in a chamber called ''Chamba Rang Mahal''. During the Mughal Era, frescos were used for making interior design on walls and inside the ceilings of domes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.536426 | title=Lahore Its History, Architectural Remains and Antiquities | year=1892 }}</ref> [[File:The intricate roof work.jpg|thumb|The ceiling of Begum Shahi mosque in Lahore with Mughal style frescos]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page