The History Of Rich Indian Art

History has it that a very prestigious position has been conferred to art in India. It is a land which has art as the part of its tradition, the forms of art can be different yet they all deserve praise. Right from the beginning, even in the prehistoric and stone ages people tried to exhibit their artistic genius. They couldn't do much but carve out certain kinds of structures on stone walls of the caves they lived . It was actually a process of communication but can be included as art as they contained shapes.As civilization started to progress throughout the ages, a remarkable development in the field of art could also be seen.The Indus valley and Harappan civilizations had a more refined form of art. India experienced a significant development in the art forms when monarchy came into being, under the patronage of kings.Ethnic Indian emperors also contributed to the creation of milestones, like Emperor Ashoka, whose lion pillar is monumental, and is taken as the Indian National Emblem, Vikramaditya, Chandragupta and even in the south the Chola dynasty,the Pallavas, and Samudragupta build immemorial buildings and temples.The monarchs,with Indian or foreign origin,supported art, though the basic pattern varied with the interest of the region and the king, this difference can be found when art forms had reached its zenith, at times when the Mughals ruled over the land they patronised classical "Kathak"dance, "Hindustani" classical music and vocal ,use of various instruments and the most spectacular of all, the monuments made by them which are considered to be legends of construction, whereas their contemporary Rajput kings had a different approach, they maintained their own types of music,dance,construction and paintings,It is not correct to compare them .The point that comes to our mind is that we can proudly project our legacy, but cannot be equally proud to be ahead of times like our ancestors were.A lot of influences Middle-Eastern and West Asian influences can be cited in the art forms of the Mughal era,which are also being researched upon. It feels immensely proud to be a part of a culture with such a rich tradition of art in it.