"Pata Scrolls Decorated with Miniatures in West Bengal "In light of scroll painting in The British Museum dated12th/18th century.

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Lecturer-Faculty of arts Ain Shams University (EGYPT)

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West Bengal is one of the most Important Provinces of East India, with its own  Special features in Indian Painting, and This region with a Muslim majority, There are distinct types of folk paintings in eastern India, Pata is a product of a traditional society, rooted in village based culture. It has been characterized by the retaining of inherited artistic traditions and some artistic influences from schools Contemporary to as  the Indian Mongol School and the early style of Rajasthan School , and it has been popular with all segments of the people, It was distinguished by being a visual art as accompanied by songs that tell the storyboard, and know of Jarano pata or Scroll painting.

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