Sixteenth-century Ahmadnagar paintings show the dress of the time. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The male costume in the Ahmadnagar paintings is decisively northern.
Reason (R): The men wear a jama with pointed tails, frequently seen in early Akbari miniatures and probably from the area between Delhi and Ahmedabad, and a small pagri close to the form in the earliest Akbari miniatures.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate 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): The male costume in the Ahmadnagar paintings is decisively northern. — True. The men in these paintings are dressed in the northern way.
Reason (R): The men wear a jama with pointed tails, frequently seen in early Akbari miniatures and probably from the area between Delhi and Ahmedabad, and a small pagri close to the form in the earliest Akbari miniatures. — True. The jama with pointed tails is common in early Akbari miniatures and probably came from the area between Delhi and Ahmedabad. The small pagri is close to the form in the earliest Akbari miniatures.
Why R explains A? Both garments the men wear, the jama and the pagri, follow northern, early Akbari forms. So the male costume as a whole is decisively northern.
NCERT (2026-27): “Ahmadnagar School of Painting …Male costume is also decisively northern. The jama with pointed tails is frequently seen in early Akbari miniatures and probably originated in the area somewhere between Delhi and Ahmedabad. The small pagri is close to the form found in the earliest Akbari miniatures. The original paintings in the Gulistan of 1567 have been attributed by art historians to the Bukhara artists.” |