The painting Maru Ragini belongs to a set of Ragamala paintings from Mewar. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): This Ragamala set from Mewar is especially important.
Reason (R): One of its paintings, Maru Ragini, bears an inscription naming its artist, patron, place and date of painting.
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): This Ragamala set from Mewar is especially important. — True. The set is singled out as an important Mewar Ragamala.
Reason (R): One of its paintings, Maru Ragini, bears an inscription naming its artist, patron, place and date of painting. — True. The inscription reads “samvat 1685”, names Rana Shri Jagat Singh, Udaipur and the painter Sahivdin. Samvat 1685 is 1628 CE.
Why R explains A? This one painting gives documentary evidence of who painted it, for whom, where and when. So the whole set becomes important.
NCERT (2026-27): “Maru Ragini A particular set of Ragamala paintings from Mewar is, especially, important as one of its paintings bears crucial documentary evidence regarding its artist, patron, place and date of painting. Maru Ragini is from this set, which is in the collection of National Museum, New Delhi. The initial part of the inscription found on the painting, representing Maru Ragini, classifies Maru as the ragini of Raga Shri and describes her physical beauty and its effect on her beloved.”
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