Arts Of India

Owing to a diverse range of tribal groups residing in India, several forms of tribal paintings have evolved here. A few of them are mentioned below. Warli Folk Paintings: Originated from Maharashtra, it is famous for its wall paintings of geometrical shapes and patterns like circles, squares, triangles, and so on. Madhubani Art : Originated from Bihar, these paintings are created on mud walls that are freshly plastered. They involve pictures of Shiva, Saraswati, Krishna, Durga, Sun, Moon, flowers, trees, animals, etc. Gond Art : Originated from Madhya Pradesh, they are curved on mud walls, canvas, clothes or paper, and have many details, colours, dots, lines, dashes, humour, and mystery. Bhil Art : Originated from the tribal community of the Central belt of India, these paintings have dots in various colours and include the carvings of nature, Gods, Sun, Moon, etc. Tanjore Paintings or Thanjavur Paintings: Originated from the Maratha Court of Thanjavur, these paintings are famo...

Board games were very common indoor games in the royal courts of ancient kingdoms. Most board games were developed to train and educate young princes about warfare and kingship. Some important traditional board games are  Chaturanga  -  It is believed to be the earliest Indian board game that has been developed into modern  Chess.  Played on a square chequered board, this game consists of miniatures of the king, queen, army, elephant horse, etc which move across the board by following some rules. The purpose of this game was to teach the young princes about the four  Anga  or wings of the military i.e the infantry, the elephants, the chariots, and the cavalry, and teach them the strategies of warfare.  Pachisi  -   It is an important ancient board game which is also known as  Choupad  and  Pasha,  whose reference is found in  Mahabharata.  It is a 2-4 player game played on a chequered board shaped like ...