Pahari painting moved between centres from the late seventeenth century. Arrange the following stages in the order in which they came about:
(A) The Guler style entered Kangra, developing into the Kangra School.
(B) Under Kirpal Pal, Basohli developed a distinctive and magnificent style.
(C) The Guler–Kangra phase appeared in Guler under the patronage of Raja Govardhan Chand.
(D) Sansar Chand still kept his atelier, but its work no longer paralleled the masterpieces of 1785–1805.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (B), (C), (A), (D)
B. Under Kirpal Pal, Basohli developed a distinctive and magnificent style. — First. Kirpal Pal ruled Basohli from 1678 to 1695, and Basohli gives the first example of work from the hill states.
C. The Guler–Kangra phase appeared in Guler under the patronage of Raja Govardhan Chand. — Second. The Basohli style was transformed, and the new phase began in Guler under Govardhan Chand (1744–1773).
A. The Guler style entered Kangra, developing into the Kangra School. — Third. The most matured version of the Guler style entered Kangra during the 1780s.
D. Sansar Chand still kept his atelier, but its work no longer paralleled the masterpieces of 1785–1805. — Fourth. This came after the great period of Kangra work, 1785–1805, which itself followed the style’s arrival in Kangra in the 1780s.
NCERT (2026-27): “Basohli School The first and most dramatic example of work from the hill states is from Basohli. From 1678 to 1695, Kirpal Pal, an enlightened prince, ruled the state. Under him, Basohli developed a distinctive and magnificent style.…” “Guler School The first quarter of the eighteenth century saw a complete transformation in the Basohli style, initiating the Guler–Kangra phase. This phase first appeared in Guler, a high-ranking branch of the Kangra royal family, under the patronage of Raja Govardhan Chand (1744–1773). …The most matured version of this style entered Kangra during the 1780s, thus, developing into the Kangra School while the offshoots of Basohli continued in Chamba and Kullu, India.” “Kangra School …Though Sansar Chand continued to maintain his atelier of artists, the work no longer paralleled masterpieces of the period 1785–1805.…” |