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communication. The Jainas had also diverted their opulence towards the pictorial art. The focus of art appears to have shifted from stone to palm-leaves and paper and from chisel to brush and colour. Bands of illustrated manuscripts depicting scenes from Jaina mythology were painted and produced. The artist of Uttar Pradesh had his own part to play in this fresh religious activity of Jainas. An illustrated Jaina-manuscript from Jaunpur in east U. P., although the only surviving example, is significant proof to manifest the healthy traditions of Jaina pictorial art in Uttar Pradesh during the mediaeval period.
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