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Under the mediaeval Islamic rule, the art of Bengal entered into a new era of significance which embodied Islamic revelation and spirituality. The architectural embellishments on the religious edifices relating to the sources of Islamic practices manifest a chronological sequence of forms, contents and symbolic languages. Bengal monuments of the era show certain distinctive characteristics in terracotta medium in the aspects of dynamism in the language of art ...
A significant efflorescence of artistic creativity was evident in more than two thousand miniaturized gems of temple architecture attributed to the late mediaeval Bengal testifying glaring historical evidences of socialized art which itself became an institution with formidable social bonds despite derogatory caste stratification and absence of monarchial support. The era of socio cultural resurrection is worth mentioning not only in the history of Bengal, but ...