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Eastern Rajsthan, the land of barren red hills and lakes, included the states of Udaipur, Kotah and Bundi. Out of these Udaipur or Mewar as it was called in the past is the most ancient. The Sisodia Rulers of Mewar claim descent from Kusha son of Lord Rama. A.D. 734, the capitol of Mewar had been Chittor a massive fort built on a plateau. In 1303, it was besieged by Ala-ud-din, the Sultan of Delhi, who was lured by the beauty of Padmini, the queen of Rana Rattan Singh. In 1567, Chittor was again besieged by Akbar and became a total ruin.
In 1559 Rana Udai Singh built a new capital on the Pichola Lake and it was named Udaipur after him. No visitor to Udaipur can remain unimpressed by its romantic beauty. Situated in an amphitheatre of barren hills, its gleaming white fairy palaces situated on the edge of an emerald lake appear to float in the blue sky.
The Krishna cult inspired a school of romantic-mystic literature from the twelveth to Sixteenth centuries. The literature in its turn inspired the Rajput painting of Rajsthan and of the Punjab hills from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.
Mewar was in the forefront in all fields of creative art and architecture under such illustrious rulers as Maharanas Kumbha and Sanga. Illustrated manuscripts produced at Chittor, Delwada, Ahar and Chawand from 13th century onwards provide a continuous history of the Mewar School. A Ragamala set painted at Chawand in 1605 AD by Nisardi is a landmark of this school followed by many masterpieces of Manohar and others produced under Maharana Jagat Singh. Multi-painting sets of Ramayana, Gita-Govinda, Sur Sagar, Arsh Ramayana and Rasikapriya were prepared in an unmistakably bold, colourful and well defined style. These were followed by many large court paintings showing the Maharana in outings and hunting expeditions or attending religious festivities. Portraits, sets of Ragamala paintings, divinities and scenes of folk legends were also produced in large numbers.
Nathdwara became an important religious and artistic center
in the 17th century and pictures and Pichwais or large screen paintings were produced in abundance. Other sub-schools of Mewar are Devgarh, Sawar, Sirohi, Shahpura, Pratapgarh, Banswara and Dungarpur, each showing its own regional characteristic in a subtle but recognizable manner. |
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