Ragini Pathamsika of Raga Hindola is a Deccani Ragamala painting of women making music. Consider the following statements about it.
(A) Two women are seen in the pavilion, while the third is seen outside it.
(B) The centrally placed female musician appears to be playing a tambura.
(C) Letters written in Persian script cover the space on the two domes.
(D) The two women on the sides appear to accompany her with the rhythmic sway of their bodies.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Two
(A) Two women are seen in the pavilion, while the third is seen outside it. — Correct. Two women sit in the pavilion and the third is outside it.
(B) The centrally placed female musician appears to be playing a tambura. — Incorrect. Her instrument appears to be a veena. The tambura is what Sultan Adil Shah II plays in his portrait by Farrukh Beg.
(C) Letters written in Persian script cover the space on the two domes. — Incorrect. The domes carry Persian-style arabesque, but the letters are in Devanagari script.
(D) The two women on the sides appear to accompany her with the rhythmic sway of their bodies. — Correct. The two side figures keep time with a rhythmic sway.
NCERT (2026-27): “Ragini Pathamsika of Raga Hindola …Persian influence is obvious in the painting. This is seen in the arabesque decoration on the surface of the two domes that delineate the upper part of the painting, where letters written in Devanagari script cover the space. Two beautifully dressed and bejewelled women are seen in the pavilion, while the third is seen outside it. The centrally placed female musician is playing an Indian instrument, which appears to be veena, while the other two on the sides appear to be accompanying with rhythmic sway of their bodies.…”
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