Assess the importance of the painted images in Mughal manuscripts.
The painters played a significant role in the production of Mughal manuscripts. They included in the manuscripts many images that described an event in the visual form. The pictures accompanied what was described in words in the manuscript. They served as miniatures. Their importance can be understood from the following points: These pictures enhanced the beauty of a book or manuscript. They conveyed ideas which were difficult to be expressed in the written medium. They had the magical power to make inanimate objects look as if they possessed life.
