Sittannavasal Monuments
by Subramanian Swaminathan
e-mail: sswami99@gmail.com
February 2008
Indian Paintings in other places
- Ajanta, Kanchipuram, Thanjavur
Ajanta
200BC-600AD
Sittannavasal paintings are an early
example of post-Ajanta period painting and are of the classical Ajanta
style with variation in the handling of the material by the artists.
Kanchipuram
7th century AD
The paintings in Kailasanatha Temple
in Kanchi antedate the Sittannavasal paintings.
Thanjavur
1100AD
The paintings in Brihadiswara Temple
in Thanjavur are the continuation of the Sittannavasal tradition.
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