Observe the image and answer the following question.
Observe the Mughal painting in the image. The prince at its centre rides a brown stallion and wears the traditional sehra. Who is he?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Dara Shikoh
Option (1) Shah Jahan — Incorrect. Shah Jahan is in the painting as the father, with a nimbus, riding a white horse. He is not the prince on the brown stallion.
Option (2) Jahangir — Incorrect. Jahangir does not appear in this painting, which belongs to the period of Shah Jahan.
Option (3) Dara Shikoh — Correct. The painting shows the marriage procession of Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of Shah Jahan.
Option (4) Aurangzeb — Incorrect. Aurangzeb is Dara’s brother, who later defeated him. The procession is not his.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Marriage Procession of Dara Shikoh This painting, a work by artist Haji Madni, belongs to the period of Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal in Agra. It is a portrayal of the marriage procession of Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. The Mughal prince is shown mounted on a brown stallion with the traditional sehra and is accompanied by his father, Shah Jahan, who has a resplendent nimbus around hid head, riding a white horse. …”
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