Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Rajasthani Schools of Painting

Question:

Observe the painting and answer the question asked:

What is the specific focus of the painting in the Yuddha Kanda attributed to Sahibdin?

Options:

Indrajit's devious tactics and use of magic weapons in war

Jagat Singh's leadership in the battle

Hanuman's heroic deeds

Sita's captivity

Correct Answer:

Indrajit's devious tactics and use of magic weapons in war

Explanation:

Answer:  Indrajit's devious tactics and use of magic weapons in war
The painting in the Yuddha Kanda 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.