Under whose reign did the Jaipur School of Paintings thrive and emerge as an independent school?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Sawai Jai Singh
Option (1) Raja Bharmal — Incorrect. Raja Bharmal (1548–1575) ruled from Amer and married his daughter to Akbar. The city of Jaipur came much later.
Option (2) Bhagwant Das — Incorrect. Bhagwant Das (1575–1592), son of Raja Bharmal, was a close friend of Akbar.
Option (3) Man Singh — Incorrect. Man Singh, son of Bhagwant Das, was Akbar’s most trusted general.
Option (4) Sawai Jai Singh — Correct. Sawai Jai Singh (1699–1743) founded the new capital Jaipur in 1727. The Jaipur School thrived under his reign and became a well-defined independent school.
NCERT (2026-27): “Jaipur School of Painting …Raja Bharmal (1548–1575) married his daughter to Akbar. His son Bhagwant Das (1575–1592) was a close friend of Akbar and his son Man Singh, in turn, was Akbar’s most trusted general. Sawai Jai Singh (1699–1743), an influential ruler, established a new capital city Jaipur named after him in 1727 and shifted from Amer. Jaipur School of paintings thrived under his reign and emerged as a well-defined independent school.…” |