The paintings of the Delhi Sultanate represent a period of inventiveness that set the stage for the development of the Mughal and Rajput schools of art, which thrived from the 16th to the 19th centuri...The paintings of the Delhi Sultanate represent a period of inventiveness that set the stage for the development of the Mughal and Rajput schools of art, which thrived from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Other notable works include the Khamseh (“Quintet”) of Amir Khosrow of Delhi, a Bostan painted in Mandu, and a manuscript of the Ne’mat-nameh painted for a sultan of Malwa in the opening years of the 16th century.
