What is the most striking feature shared by Lepakshi murals and Ragamala paintings of Deccan School?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Women’s Hairstyles
The Ragamala paintings of the sixteenth-century Deccan show women with their hair rolled up in a bun on the nape of the neck, as in the Lepakshi murals. Their other features, such as the domes and the patterned ground, carry traces of north India or Persia; only the hairstyle is shared with Lepakshi.
NCERT (2026-27): “Ahmadnagar School of Painting …These feminine dress, present in a series of Ragamala paintings, are the most striking and moving examples of the sixteenth century Deccan Schools of Painting. The women’s hair is rolled up in a bun on the nape of the neck, similar to the Lepakshi murals. The horizon, in the painting, disappears and is replaced by a neutral coloured ground patterned all over with small stylised plants, or occupied by symmetrical architectural domes over the archades. All these features, except the hairstyle, have traces of north India or Persia.” |