Artist
Krishna's Fifth and Sixth Avatars, page from a copy of the Gitagovinda of Jayaveda
Late 17th century
The defeat of the Vijayanagara Empire in 1565 and the sack of its capital Hampi led to Hindu artists moving north to the Deccan.1
The extinction of the last two remaining sultanates of Bijapur and Golkonda in 1687 was a decisive blow to Deccan painting.1
