Guler appears to have a long tradition of painting among the Pahari schools. Given below are two statements:
Assertion (A): There is evidence that artists were working in Haripur–Guler ever since the reign of Dalip Singh.
Reason (R): Many statues of Dalip Singh and his son Bishan Singh, dating back to earlier than the 1730s, can be found.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) is true but (R) is false.
Assertion (A): There is evidence that artists were working in Haripur–Guler ever since the reign of Dalip Singh. — True. Artists were at work there from Dalip Singh’s reign (1695–1743).
Reason (R): Many statues of Dalip Singh and his son Bishan Singh, dating back to earlier than the 1730s, can be found. — False. The evidence is portraits of Dalip Singh and Bishan Singh, that is, paintings, not statues.
NCERT (2026-27): “Guler School …Guler appears to have a long tradition of paintings amongst all Pahari schools. There is evidence that artists were working in Haripur–Guler ever since the reign of Dalip Singh (1695–1743) as many of his and his son Bishan Singh’s portraits, dating back to earlier than 1730s, i.e., before the beginning of the Guler–Kangra phase can be found.…” |