Which of the following was NOT one of the Deccani kingdoms that developed its own school of court painting?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Ahmedabad
Option (1) Bijapur — A Deccani kingdom with its own court painting. Bijapur is one of the three kingdoms that developed a sophisticated school of court painting.
Option (2) Golconda — A Deccani kingdom with its own court painting. Golconda is named with Bijapur and Ahmadnagar among these kingdoms.
Option (3) Ahmedabad — Not a Deccani kingdom of court painting. Ahmedabad is named with Malwa as a place where the northern tradition of pre-Mughal painting flourished.
Option (4) Ahmadnagar — A Deccani kingdom with its own court painting. The earliest examples of Deccani painting come from Ahmadnagar, in a volume of poems on the reign of Hussain Nizam Shah I.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Deccani Schools of Painting In the plateau region of southern India, beyond the Vindhya mountain range, an endearing school of painting, which was distinct and strong, was nurtured and expanded under various Sultans of the Deccan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. … The kingdoms of Bijapur, Golconda and Ahmadnagar developed highly sophisticated and distinct school of court painting.” “Ahmadnagar School of Painting The earliest examples of Deccani painting are in a volume of poems, celebrating the reign of Hussain Nizam Shah I of Ahmadnagar (1553–1565). … The woman represented in it belongs to the northern tradition of pre-Mughal painting, which was flourishing especially in Malwa and Ahmedabad during this period.” |