Observe the image and answer the following question.
This painting is from the Deccan. Which influence is evident in the treatment of the horse and rocks in it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Persian influence
Option (1) Persian influence — Correct. In Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II hawking, Persian influence shows in the way the horse and the rocks are painted.
Option (2) Chinese influence — Incorrect. Chinese clouds appear in Composite Horse from Golconda, not in this painting.
Option (3) Native influence — Incorrect. Native inspiration is seen in the plants and dense landscape of the foreground, not in the horse and rocks.
Option (4) Ottoman influence — Incorrect. Ottoman Turkish manuscripts may lie behind the astronomical pictures of the Nujum al-Ulum, not this painting.
NCERT (2026-27): “Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II hawking This is a painting of extraordinary energy and sensibility. The brilliant red on the limbs and tail of the horse, and the flowing garment of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II render a visual experience, which remains with one. … Persian influence is evident in the treatment of the horse and rocks. The plants and dense landscape in the foreground are of native inspiration.”
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