Master artists at the courts of Bikaner and Mewar painted many illustrated texts. Consider the following statements:
(A) Ruknuddin painted significant texts, such as the Ramayana, Rasikapriya and Durga Satpsati.
(B) Sahibdin painted the Ragamala (1628) and the Bhagvata Purana (1648).
(C) Ruknuddin, the master artist in the reign of Anup Singh, had ancestors who came from the Deccani court.
(D) Ruknuddin’s style was an amalgamation of the indigenous idiom with Deccani and Mughal conventions.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Ruknuddin painted significant texts, such as the Ramayana, Rasikapriya and Durga Satpsati. — Correct. These are the significant texts Ruknuddin painted at Bikaner.
(B) Sahibdin painted the Ragamala (1628) and the Bhagvata Purana (1648). — Correct. Both are among Sahibdin’s works in Mewar, with the Rasikapriya and the Yuddha Kanda of Ramayana.
(C) Ruknuddin, the master artist in the reign of Anup Singh, had ancestors who came from the Deccani court. — Incorrect. His ancestors came from the Mughal court. Deccani conventions came into his style, not his family line.
(D) Ruknuddin’s style was an amalgamation of the indigenous idiom with Deccani and Mughal conventions. — Correct. His style mixed the indigenous idiom with Deccani and Mughal conventions.
NCERT (2026-27): “Bikaner School of Painting …In the reign of Anup Singh, Ruknuddin (whose ancestors came from the Mughal court) was the master artist, whose style was an amalgamation of the indigenous idiom with Deccani and Mughal conventions. He painted significant texts, such as the Ramayana, Rasikapriya and Durga Satpsati. Ibrahim, Nathu, Sahibdin and Isa were other well-known painters in his atelier.” “Mewar School of Painting …The reign of Jagat Singh I (1628–1652) is recognised as the period when pictorial aesthetics got reformulated under virtuoso artists Sahibdin and Manohar, who added new vitality to the style and vocabulary of Mewar paintings. Sahibdin painted the Ragamala (1628), Rasikapriya, Bhagvata Purana (1648) and the Yuddha Kanda of Ramayana (1652)…” |