Which of the following statements is correct about the Pahari School of Painting?

A- It began at Basohli with a well-refined, sophisticated style.

B- It emerged as a centre of painting from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.

Only Statement 'B' is correct.

Correct statement- B- It emerged as a centre of painting from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.

Pahari denotes ‘hilly or mountainous’ in origin. Pahari Schools of Painting includes towns, such as Basohli, Guler, Kangra, Kullu, Chamba, Mankot, Nurpur, Mandi, Bilaspur, Jammu and others in the hills of western Himalayas, which emerged as centres of painting from seventeenth to nineteenth century. Beginning at Basohli with a coarsely flamboyant style, it blossomed into the most exquisite and sophisticated style of Indian painting known as the Kangra School, through the Guler or pre-Kangra phase.