The Shangri Ramayana set was painted in the Kullu Valley. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): It is believed that the paintings of this set were painted by different sets of artists.
Reason (R): The paintings of this set vary from each other in style.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): It is believed that the paintings of this set were painted by different sets of artists — True. This is the view held about the Shangri Ramayana folios from the Kullu Valley.
Reason (R): The paintings of this set vary from each other in style — True. The folios of the set do not share one single style.
Why R explains A? The folios differ in style from one another. So the set is believed to be the work of different sets of artists, not of one hand.
NCERT (2026-27): “Kullu emerged with a distinctive style, where figures had a prominent chin and wide open eyes, and lavish use of grey and terracotta red colours in the background was made. Shangri Ramayana is a well-known set painted in the Kullu Valley in the last quarter of the seventeenth century. Paintings of this set vary from each other in style, and, thus it is believed that these were painted by different sets of artists.” |