Traditional Rogan Painting

Three kinds of Traditional Rogan painting: Origins, Techniques, and Preservation

Rogan painting is deeply connected to Buddha’s disciples and originates from Bihar, India. It traveled from Bihar to Bamiyan with Buddha’s disciples and later reached Gujarat. Research conducted by UNESCO and Japanese scientists uncovered evidence of this connection in Bamiyan. In 2008, the oldest oil painting, created by Buddha’s disciples using the ‘drying oil technique,’…