IDENTIFICATION: Identify the following: 6. One of the periods of Indian arts. 7. In what year Sha Jahan built the most splendid example of architecture in memory of his wife? 8. This was the period of evolution 9. The first sound heard in the world during creation 10. These are reminiscent of the Sigiriya painting in Sri Lanka
The history of Indian art is exceptionally long and superbly impressive. It can be divided into four main periods: pre-historic, ancient, the era of Islamic ascendancy – or the medieval period – and art from the colonial times.
An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage.
It is subdivided into three eras, the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic, which are divided by major mass extinctions.
The first sound ever was the sound of the Big Bang.
The Ajanta Caves of Maharashtra, India are 30 rock-cut cave monuments that date back from the 2nd century BCE to the 600 CE, including paintings and sculptures considered to be masterpieces of Buddhist religious art , as well as frescos that are reminiscent of the Sigiriya paintings in Sri Lanka.
