Observe the image and answer the following question.
Observe the painting in the image, made in 1780. To which school of Rajasthani painting does it belong?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Jaipur
Option (1) Kota — Incorrect. The Kota painting in the chapter is Maharaja Ram Singh I of Kota hunting lions at Mukundgarh (1695), a hunting scene.
Option (2) Bikaner — Incorrect. The Bikaner painting in the chapter is Krishna playing Flute surrounded by Cows (1777), a different work.
Option (3) Jaipur — Correct. This is The Hour of Godhuli, painted at Jaipur in 1780.
Option (4) Bundi — Incorrect. The Bundi painting is Ashwin from a Baramasa set of the seventeenth century.
NCERT (2026-27):
The Hour of Godhuli, Jaipur, 1780, National Museum, New Delhi “Jaipur School of Painting …The Jaipur School of painting originated in its former capital Amer, which was nearest of all large Rajput states to Mughal capitals — Agra and Delhi. … Sawai Jai Singh (1699–1743), an influential ruler, established a new capital city Jaipur named after him in 1727 and shifted from Amer. Jaipur School of paintings thrived under his reign and emerged as a well-defined independent school.…” |
