Observe the image and answer the following question.
This painting on a theme from the Harivamsa shows Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan. To which artist is it attributed?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Miskin
Option (1) Daswant — Incorrect. Daswant was the master artist who supervised the Razm Nama under Akbar.
Option (2) Basawan — Incorrect. Basawan painted Madonna and Child, a work with European themes.
Option (3) Miskin — Correct. This folio from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana is attributed to Miskin.
Option (4) Abul Hasan — Incorrect. Abul Hasan worked for Jahangir and painted Jahangir’s Dream.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “Krishna lifts Mount Govardhan Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana is attributed to Miskin (1585–90). It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Harivamsa Purana is one of the many Sanskrit manuscripts, which were translated into Persian by the Mughals. This painting is on a theme from Harivamsa.”
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