Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Rajasthani Schools of Painting

Question:

Which painting by 'Sahibdin' portrays Indrajit’s devious tactics and use of magic weapons in war?

Options:

Ragmala

Bal Kanda of Ramayana

Bhagvata Purana

Yuddha Kanda of Ramayana

Correct Answer:

Yuddha Kanda of Ramayana

Explanation:

Yuddha Kanda of Ramayana portrays Indrajit’s devious tactics and use of magic weapons in war.

Attributed to ingenious artist Sahibdin, Yuddha Kanda, the Book of Battles, is a chapter in the Ramayana set of paintings, popularly referred to as the Jagat Singh Ramayana. Dated 1652, Sahibdin, herein, has crafted a novel pictorial device that of oblique aerial perspective to impart credibility to the ambitious scale that war pictures encompass. Deploying various narrative techniques, he either layers several episodes into a single painting as this one, or spreads a single episode over more than one folio. The painting portrays Indrajit’s devious tactics and use of magic weapons in war.