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natural scenery with birds and animals etc. They under a hush and clouds gathered in the sky, or
made use of bright colours. that he could light fires by singing Raga Deepak,
which is supposed to be composed of notes in high
However, Aurangzeb drove out these painters, so octaves.
they took refuge with the regional rulers.
During the Aurangzeb’s rule, the musicians too
Rajasthani Style of Painting
were turned out who sought refuge with the
The Rajasthani or Rajput style of painting was regional rulers. It developed in the kingdoms of
influenced by the Mughal style, but with a Jaunpur, Gwalior, Kashmir, Gujarat and Malwa.
difference in the use of colours and some topics.
Some of the popular topics for painting were Quiz Time
portraits of the royal family members, household Write True or False :
scene, people with wild animals, scenes from 1. Samal Bhatt was a Gujarati poet. _______
mythology and epics etc. The scenes related to
Radha and Krishna were very popular. 2. Anandamayi contributed in Gujarati literature.
_______
Kangra Style of Painting
3. There were 12 musicians in the court of Akbar.
The Kangra style of painting developed in the _______
states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The most 4. The Rajput style of painting was not influenced
by the Mughal style. _______
important topics included scenes from the lives of
Krishna. Many stories from the Geet Govinda 5. Daulat was the most famous musician of Akbar’s
were elaborately elaborated. court. _______
MUSIC DANCE
With the blending of cultures due to the arrival of During the Mughal period, many classical dance
the Muslims in India, music developed further forms flourished, the important of which were
with the fusion of Persian and Indian music forms. Kathak, Odisi and Bharatnatyam. All Mughal
The Mughal emperors patronised musicians in the rulers, to the exception of Aurangzeb, patronised
court. Abul Fazl has written that there were 36 dancers. At the same time, the Hindu rulers in
musicians in the court of Akbar, the most Rajasthan and South India too patronised dance.
important of whom was Tansen. Both types of However, there was a distinct difference between
music—vocal and instrumental—progressed. Many the Mughals and the Hindus.
new ragas were developed during this time.
F ind Outind Out
Find out the names of some Indian classical
dances.
The Hindu dance tradition centred round religious
scenes, so the dancers were not degraded; but the
Mughal dance tradition was chiefly meant for
Tansen and Akbar with Swami Haridas
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Legend has it that upon Tansen’s rendition of a
night time raga in the morning, the entire city fell
Kathak Bharatnatyam
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