ICSE Class 7 Answered

The Mughal painting developed and reached great heights under the rule of Jahangir. He was a nature lover and thus during his reign, several portraits of birds, animals and flowers were painted. Some famous illustrated manuscripts of Jahangir’s time are animal fable book titled Ayar-i-Danish, Anwar-i-sunavli. Most of the paintings created during the time of Jahangir depict the durbar scenes, portraits, bird, animal and flower studies. Ustad Mansur was a court artist of Jehangir, who specialised in depicting plants and animals. Bishandas was another celebrated painter who was praised by the emperor as “unrivalled in the art of portraiture”