Observe the image and answer the following question.
Observe the painting in the image. It is a Bikaner work of 1683, inscribed with its date and the name of its artist. Which text does it illustrate?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Rasikapriya illustration
Option (1) Baramasa illustration — Incorrect. Baramasa is the tenth chapter of Keshav Das’s Kavipriya, on the 12 months of the year. This painting shows no months or seasons, but Krishna on a swing and a grieving Radha.
Option (2) Rasikapriya illustration — Correct. This painting by Nuruddin illustrates Rasikapriya. It shows Krishna with a Gopi on a swing above, and a jilted Radha alone below, a lovers’ quarrel of the kind Rasikapriya explores.
Option (3) Ragamala illustration — Incorrect. A Ragamala folio pictures a raga or ragini, such as Raga Dipak of the Chunar set from Bundi. This painting tells a story of Radha and Krishna instead.
Option (4) Gita Govinda illustration — Incorrect. Gita Govinda is Jayadeva’s twelfth-century Sanskrit poem on the mystical love of Radha and Krishna. This painting by Nuruddin illustrates Keshav Das’s Rasikapriya instead.
NCERT (2026-27): “Krishna Swinging and Radha in Sad Mood This painting, illustrating Rasikapriya, is notable as it is inscribed with a date and name of the artist. Painted in 1683 by artist Nuruddin, who worked in the court of Bikaner from 1674 to 1698, it presents a stark and simple composition with minimal and suggestive representation of architecture and elements of landscape.”
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