Which school of Pahari painting flourished under Raja Sansar Chand and produced the celebrated Gita Govinda series?
- A.Basohli
- B.Kangra
- C.Bundi
- D.Golconda
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Kangra. Kangra painting is the most lyrical of the Pahari styles and reached its height in the late eighteenth century under Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra in present day Himachal Pradesh. Its painters illustrated the Gita Govinda of Jayadeva, the Bihari Satsai and the Nala Damayanti, with soft cool colour, rounded faces and rain filled landscapes. The style grew out of the Guler work of Manaku and Nainsukh, sons of Pandit Seu.
Option A, Basohli, is the earliest Pahari school, bold and hot in colour, with beetle wing cases inlaid for emeralds, and its famous series is the Rasamanjari of Devidasa. Option C, Bundi, is a Rajasthani and not a Pahari school. Option D, Golconda, is a Deccan school of the Qutb Shahi court, far to the south and quite unrelated to the hill states.
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