The Pahari style changed over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Arrange the following stages in the order in which they took place:
(A) The Kangra style initiated a local school of Hindu book illumination in Kashmir.
(B) The style of the Seu family and others conformed to the Basohli idiom.
(C) Pandit Seu and his sons changed the course of painting to the pre-Kangra kalam.
(D) The most matured version of the Guler style entered Kangra.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (C), (D), (A)
First – (B). In the early eighteenth century the style of the Seu family and others still followed the Basohli idiom.
Second – (C). Around 1730–40 Pandit Seu and his sons Manak and Nainsukh turned painting to the pre-Kangra or Guler-Kangra kalam.
Third – (D). The most matured version of this Guler style entered Kangra in the 1780s and grew into the Kangra School.
Fourth – (A). Later, in Kashmir (1846–1885), the Kangra style began a local school of Hindu book illumination.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Pahari Schools of Painting …Scholars agree that in the early eighteenth century, the style of the Seu family and others conformed to the Basohli idiom. However, from middle of the eighteenth century, the style transformed through a pre-Kangra phase, maturing into the Kangra style.…” “Guler School …Guler artist Pandit Seu with his sons Manak and Nainsukh are attributed with changing the course of painting around 1730–40 to a new style, usually, referred to as the pre–Kangra or Guler–Kangra kalam. This style is more refined, subdued and elegant compared to the bold vitality of the Basohli style. …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.” “Kangra School …The Kangra School came to fore in the 1780s while the offshoots of the Basohli style emerged and continued in centres such as Chamba, Kullu, Nurpur, Mankot, Jasrota, Mandi, Bilaspur, Jammu and others with some of their specific characteristics. In Kashmir (1846–1885), the Kangra style initiated a local school of Hindu book illumination.…” |