CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction Mewar painting: Its study and scope Part 1 Early manuscript painting at Chitor, Chawand and Udaipur 1 Prologue: History and tradition in Mewar 15 2 From Chitor to Chawand: Early Rajput painting in Mewar (c.1451-1605) 21 3 Rebuilding the royal library at Udaipur: Jagat Singh I and his artist Sahibdin (c, 1620-55) 53 4 Sahibdin's successors: Later seventeenth century manuscript painting (1655-98) 85 Part 2 Royal portraiture and court life at Udaipur 5 Ama r S i ngh 11la n d scenes fro m I ife at co u rt (c. 16 70 -1710) 109 6 Sangram Singh II and the Great Tamasha (1710-34) 141 7 The Tamasha continued: Jagat Singh U and his successors (1734-73) 179 Part 3 Udaipur painting under the Pax Britannica 8 Happiness amidst calamity: Bhim Singh and Chokha (1773-1828) 215 9 Pax Britannica: Sarup Singh and Tara (1828-62) 245 10 Tradition and modernity: Sivalal and after (1862-1948) 275 Appendix Abbreviations 308 Bibliography 309 Index 321