An inscription on Maru Ragini, a painting from a Ragamala set of Mewar, names its patron, place, date and artist. Who painted it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Sahibdin
The inscription on Maru Ragini names Sahibdin as its painter and calls him chitara, which means ‘someone who paints’.
NCERT (2026-27): “Maru Ragini A particular set of Ragamala paintings from Mewar is, especially, important as one of its paintings bears crucial documentary evidence regarding its artist, patron, place and date of painting. …It is the latter half that is engrossing as it reads, “… samvat 1685 varshe aso vad 9 Rana Shri Jagat Singh Rajen Udaipur madhe likhitam chitara Sahivdin bachan hara ne ram ram.” Samvat 1685 is 1628 CE and Sahibdin is referred to as chitara, meaning ‘someone who paints’, and the act of painting is termed as likhitam, translated as ‘written’ since the goal of the artist was to produce a painterly equivalent to the written verse inscribed on the painting.”
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