Indian art and culture / Painting
Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Mewar (Sahibdin's Ragamala, Chawand), Bundi and Kota (hunting scenes, lush landscape), Malwa school
- Kishangarh: Bani Thani by Nihal Chand under Sawant Singh (Nagari Das); elongated features
- Jaipur (Amber), Bikaner (Mughal-trained artists), Marwar (Jodhpur) and Nathdwara pichhwai
- Pahari: Basohli (bold colour, beetle-wing cases), Guler (Nainsukh, Manaku), Kangra (Sansar Chand, Gita Govinda), Chamba, Garhwal
- Mysore and Tanjore (Thanjavur) painting: gesso work, gold leaf, Maratha patronage
Where to study
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 7
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 17
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, pp. 1-15 (printed 79-93)
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, Painting for Patrons: The Tradition of Miniatures (the Rajput courts of Rajasthan), pp. 7-8 (printed 85-86)
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, Painting for Patrons: The Tradition of Miniatures (Himachal Pradesh: Basohli, Kangra, Sansar Chand), pp. 7-8 (printed 85-86)
InsightsIAS, Ancient Indian History topic index
- Rajasthani School