Deccani Painting

The author of this book, Mark Zebrowski, an expert on Indian art, felt that very little research had been done on Deccani art of the 16th and 17th centuries, even though according to him, Bijapur, Golconda and Ahmednagar, patronised outstanding paintings. Since the 1930s several scholars had published individual Deccani paintings but this book was the first attempt to bring all the major paintings together as well as assign them to various scholars and artists. It also has 18th and 19th c. paintings made at Hyderabad under the Asafiya dynasty as well as paintings from the principal courts of the tributaries of Hyderabad.