What types of subjects are portrayed in the large group of works representing the indigenous style of painting?

1) Only Jain subjects
2) Only Hindu subjects
3) Both Hindu and Jain subjects
4) Secular subjects only

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Answer: Both Hindu and Jain subjects

A large group of works of the same period, portraying Hindu and Jain subjects, such as the Mahapurana, Chaurpanchashika, Aranyaka Parvan of the Mahabharata, Bhagvata Purana, Gita Govinda, and few others are representative of this indigenous style of painting. This phase and style is also casually referred to as pre-Mughal or pre-Rajasthani, which is largely synonymous with the term ‘indigenous style’. Distinctive stylistic features evolved during this phase and with this group of paintings. A particular figure type evolved with an interest in depicting transparency of fabrics — odhnis ‘ballooned’ over the head of heroines and draped with stiff and standing edges. Architecture was contextual but suggestive. Different kind of hatchings evolved for depiction of water bodies and particular ways of representing the horizon, flora, fauna, etc., got formalised. All these formal elements make their way in the seventeenth century early Rajasthani paintings.