Miniature painting: Pala, Jain, Sultanate and Mughal
- Pala jain manuscripts
- Sultanate painting: Nimatnama (Mandu), Laur Chanda, Chaurapanchasika group; Persian and indigenous blend
- Humayun brings Mir Sayyid Ali and Abdus Samad; Akbar's tasvir khana: Hamzanama, Tutinama, Razmnama, Akbarnama (Daswant, Basawan, Miskin)
- Jahangir shifts emphasis from illustrated manuscripts to albums (muraqqa) and individual portraits; naturalism; Ustad Mansur's birds and animals, Abul Hasan, Bishandas
- Shah jahan aurangzeb
- Deccani schools