Kangra painting blossomed under Raja Sansar Chand (1775–1823). Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Manaku and his sons took service under Sansar Chand of Kangra.
Reason (R): Prakash Chand of Guler came under grave financial crisis and could no longer maintain his atelier.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): Manaku and his sons took service under Sansar Chand of Kangra. — True. Manaku was the master artist of Prakash Chand of Guler. He and his sons later served Sansar Chand of Kangra.
Reason (R): Prakash Chand of Guler came under grave financial crisis and could no longer maintain his atelier. — True. Prakash Chand, the successor of Govardhan Chand, kept an atelier at Guler. A grave financial crisis left him unable to maintain it.
Why R explains A? Because Prakash Chand could no longer maintain his atelier, his artists could no longer work for him at Guler. So they took service under Sansar Chand of Kangra.
NCERT (2026-27): “Kangra School Painting in the Kangra region blossomed under the patronage of a remarkable ruler, Raja Sansar Chand (1775–1823). It is believed that when Prakash Chand of Guler came under grave financial crisis and could no longer maintain his atelier, his master artist, Manaku, and his sons took service under Sansar Chand of Kangra.…” |