From 16th century onwards, Neo-Vaishnavism rose in the India state of Assam under the Vaishnava reformer Sankaradeva. And with it, manuscript painting flourished too! But over the years, many of the old manuscripts got damaged and the art declined. Reasons being – decline of the Ahom dynasty, Moamoria rebellion, Burmese and British occupations, apathy of the public, natural calamities and proliferation of the printing press. Currently, this tradition is carried on by very few practitioners.

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