The Princely state of Rajasthan is IndiaÔÇÖs largest state by area of app 342,239 square kilometres. It is located on the north-western side of the India. Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and the state is famous for its stories of valour and honour. It has a population of around 68548437 people and has the largest Indian desert, the Thar desert. Known for its infamous forts and palaces, Rajasthan boasts of a royal heritage. The art of Rajasthan is varied and the Mughal Art is one of its most popular offerings.

Mughal art miniatures are very popular and pleasing to view. Art lovers from around the world appreciate and take pride in possessing these master pieces. Mughal paintings generally involved deciding the composition, actual painting and focusing on the portrait, executing individual faces. This art of painting developed as a blending of Persian and Indian ideas. There was already a Muslim tradition of miniature painting under the Turko-Afghan Sultanate of Delhi which the Mughals overthrew, and like the Mughals, and the very earliest of Central Asian invaders into the subcontinent, patronized foreign culture. Although the first surviving manuscripts are from Mandu in the years either side of 1500, there were very likely earlier ones which are either lost, or perhaps now attributed to southern Persia, as later manuscripts can be hard to distinguish from these by style alone, and some remain the subject of debate among specialists. By the time of the Mughal invasion, the tradition had abandoned the high viewpoint typical of the Persian style, and adopted a more realistic style for animals and plants. Mughal painting immediately took a much greater interest in realistic portraiture than was typical of Persian miniatures. Animals and plants were also more realistically shown. Although many classic works of Persian literature continued to be illustrated, as well as Indian works, the taste of the Mughal emperors for writing memoirs or diaries, begun by Babur, provided some of the most lavishly decorated texts, such as the Padshahnama genre of official histories. Subjects are rich in variety and include portraits, events and scenes from court life, wild life and hunting scenes, and illustrations of battles. The Persian tradition of richly decorated borders framing the central image was continued.

The paintings depicted various themes like court scenes, passion, love, battles, flora and fauna, kings, queens, princes, princesses, seasons, moods etc and colours used were natural. 

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