As the term indicates, miniature paintings are multicolored handmade paintings very small in size. One of the outstanding characteristics of these paintings is the complicated work that provides their distinct identity. The colors used in the paintings emerged from numerous natural sources like vegetables, indigo, precious stones, gold, and silver. artists all around the world convey their respective motives through their paintings, the most familiar theme used in the miniature paintings of India comprises the Ragas, a pattern of musical notes, and religious and mythological stories. These are performed on elements, such as paper and cloth. History Miniature paintings emerged in India around 750 A.D when the Palas ruled over the eastern part of India. Since holy teachings of the Buddha, supported by his images, were written on palm leaves, these paintings became famous. they had to be miniature in character because of area limitation. Around ...