Answer for: Kangra painting, named after a former princely state which patronized the art, is associated with which present-day state in India?
A: Gujarat
B: Himachal Pradesh
C: Uttarakhand
D: Manipur
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
Kangra painting is the pictorial art of Kangra, named after
Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, a former princely state, which patronized the art. It
became prevalent with the fading of the Basohli school of painting in the mid-18th
century, and soon produced such a magnitude in paintings both in content as
well as volume, that the Pahari painting school, came to be known as Kangra
paintings.
Though the main centres of Kangra paintings are Guler,
Basohli, Chamba, Nurpur, Bilaspur and Kangra. Later on, this style also reached
Mandi, Suket, Kullu, Arki, Nalagarh, and Tehri Garhwal (represented by Mola
Ram), and now are collectively known as Pahari painting, covering the style
that was patronized by Rajput rulers between the 17th and 19th centuries.
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