The sons and grandsons of which Pahari artists worked at many other centres and are responsible for the finest examples of Pahari paintings?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Manak and Nainsukh
Option (1) Manak and Nainsukh — Correct. The sons and grandsons of Manak and Nainsukh, the Guler brothers, worked at many centres and made the finest Pahari paintings.
Option (2) Purkhu and Molaram — Incorrect. Purkhu was a Kangra painter and Molaram worked in the Garhwal School. They were not a family line of the Guler School.
Option (3) Nisardin and Sahibdin — Incorrect. Nisardin and Sahibdin were not Pahari artists. They belong to the Rajasthani schools of painting.
Option (4) Fattu and Gaudhu — Incorrect. Fattu and Gaudhu were themselves sons of Manaku and Nainsukh, artists at the court of Prakash Chand.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Guler School …Though initiated by Manak, also called Manaku, his brother Nainsukh, who became the court painter of Raja Balwant Singh of Jasrota, is responsible for shaping the Guler School emphatically. The most matured version of this style entered Kangra during the 1780s, thus, developing into the Kangra School while the offshoots of Basohli continued in Chamba and Kullu, India. Sons and grandsons of Manak and Nainsukh worked at many other centres and are responsible for the finest examples of Pahari paintings.” |