Art historians trace the history of Deccani painting under the Sultans of the Deccan. Given below are two statements:
Assertion (A): The history of Deccani painting can largely be constructed until the 1680s.
Reason (R): The 1680s were the time when the Mughals conquered the Deccan, whose Sultans had nurtured this school of painting.
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): The history of Deccani painting can largely be constructed until the 1680s. — True. Its history runs from the late sixteenth century until the 1680s.
Reason (R): The 1680s were the time when the Mughals conquered the Deccan, whose Sultans had nurtured this school of painting. — True. The school was nurtured and expanded under the Sultans of the Deccan.
Why R explains A? The school grew under the Sultans, who hired and nurtured its artists. The end point of its history is set at the 1680s because that was the time when the Mughals conquered the Deccan. So the conquest of the Sultans’ lands marks where its main history stops. The style is still seen later, under the Asafiya dynasty and the Nizam.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Deccani Schools of Painting The history of Deccani Painting can largely be constructed from the late sixteenth century until the 1680s — the time when the Mughals conquered the Deccan. It is continued to be seen in the art of the nineteenth century, as well as, under the Asafiya dynasty, and finally, in paintings in the provincial courts of Rajas and Nawabs, ruling various lands in the State of Hyderabad under the Nizam. …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.” |