The weaving of the Maheshwari saree is traditionally traced to the patronage of which ruler?
- A.Rani Durgavati
- B.Ahilyabai Holkar
- C.Rani Kamlapati
- D.Begum Shah Jahan of Bhopal
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Ahilyabai Holkar. Ahilyabai Holkar ruled Malwa from Maheshwar in the eighteenth century and is credited with establishing the weaving of the town, bringing in weavers and having borders designed from the carving of the local temples and fort. The Maheshwari saree is therefore inseparable from her name in the examination, along with its reversible bugdi border.
Option A, Rani Durgavati, ruled Garha Katanga in the Jabalpur region in the sixteenth century and fought Asaf Khan of Akbar. Option C, Rani Kamlapati, is associated with the Bhopal area before the Nawabi period. Option D, the Begums of Bhopal, patronised zari and zardozi embroidery in their city, which is a genuine craft link but to Bhopal and not to Maheshwar. The trap here is the two women rulers of Madhya Pradesh, so keep Durgavati with Garha Katanga and Ahilyabai with Maheshwar.
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Practice Questions
View allChanderi, famous for its sheer handwoven fabric, is a town of which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Ashoknagar
- B.Guna
- C.Shivpuri
- D.Vidisha
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Chanderi lies in Ashoknagar district, in the Betwa belt on the old boundary between Malwa and Bundelkhand, and its weavers make the light, glossy, almost transparent Chanderi fabric in cotton, in silk and in the silk and cotton mix for which the town is best known.
Read the full explanation →The Maheshwari saree is woven at Maheshwar, which stands on the bank of which river?
- A.Betwa
- B.Narmada
- C.Tapti
- D.Chambal
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Maheshwar stands on the north bank of the Narmada in Khargone district and was the capital of Ahilyabai Holkar in the eighteenth century.
Read the full explanation →Bagh print, the block printing done with vegetable dyes, belongs to which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Dhar
- B.Jhabua
- C.Barwani
- D.Khandwa
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Bagh print takes its name from the village of Bagh in Dhar district, where the Khatri families print cotton and silk with hand cut wooden blocks and dye it in vegetable colours, chiefly alizarin from the madder root for red and indigo for blue.
Read the full explanation →Kadaknath, the black meat chicken carrying a GI tag, is associated with which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Jhabua
- B.Dindori
- C.Balaghat
- D.Mandla
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The Kadaknath is a breed of fowl of the Jhabua and Alirajpur tribal belt in western Madhya Pradesh, with dark flesh, dark bones and a very low fat content, and it is reared by the Bhil and Bhilala families of the region.
Read the full explanation →Gond painting, the tribal art of lines and dots, comes chiefly from which region of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Dindori and Mandla
- B.Jhabua and Dhar
- C.Chanderi and Ashoknagar
- D.Ujjain and Ratlam
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Gond painting belongs to the Gond people of the eastern districts of the state, chiefly Dindori and Mandla, where it began as a decoration of the mud wall and the floor and moved to paper and canvas in the late twentieth century.
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