This bibliography chapter presents an overview of historical framework, architecture as well as miniature painting and the fine arts of the Deccan. The Sultanate period is surveyed by Haig, Briggs, Venkataramana and Sherwani and Joshi, the last with excellent historical chapters by various authors concentrating on the different Sultanate kingdoms. Deccani palaces are described in Reuthe, still impressive for its clear photographs and accurate drawings. A few of these monuments are covered in Michell. Until the 1930s, the Deccani school of painting was hardly known, its great masterpieces usually described as Persian, Indo-Persian or Mughal. The study of miniature painting under the Marathas is still in its infancy, but sees Banerji and Doshi. Pioneer research on Deccani resist-dyed cottons is provided by Irwin and Brett. Deccani bronze vessels decorated with Arabic script, among the greatest masterpieces of Islamic metal work, have long been assigned to either Iran or North India.