Observe the image and answer the following question.
The equestrian portrait in the image carries names inscribed both behind it and in its front. Whose name is inscribed in the front of the painting, creating doubt about whom it shows?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Bharat Singh
Option (1) Tulchi Ram — Incorrect. He is the artist who painted this portrait in 1680. His name is inscribed behind the painting.
Option (2) Aniruddha Singh — Incorrect. The prince’s name is also inscribed behind the painting. Most scholars think the portrait shows him before he came to the throne.
Option (3) Rao Chattarsal — Incorrect. He is named only as the father of Bharat Singh. His own name is not the one inscribed on the painting.
Option (4) Bharat Singh — Correct. The name in the front is that of Bharat Singh, the youngest son of Rao Chattarsal. So some scholars feel the painting shows him, not Aniruddha Singh.
NCERT (2026-27): “Raja Aniruddha Singh Hara …One of them being the much talked of equestrian portrait of Aniruddha Singh by artist Tulchi Ram painted in 1680. … Names of Tulchi Ram and prince (Kanwar) Aniruddha Singh are inscribed behind the painting. But in the front, the name of Bharat Singh, the youngest son of Rao Chattarsal, is inscribed. Some scholars feel this painting represents Bharat Singh, while a majority are of the opinion that it represents young Anirrudha Singh before he ascended to the throne.”
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