[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924) › c19.10.3 # Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c19.10.3 Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c19.10.3 - **Language:** English ### [c19.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.3) Some of the other members of the band are playing on the \*kamāncha\*, a stringed instrument, with a small bow, while the remainder are keeping time by means of the \*tālī\*, or clapping of hands. In front of the younger \*sarūd\*-player is a man with folded arms and a paper in his hand. He is the court poet, probably Manohar Sekhawat Kachhwaha, son of Raja Lonkaran, a Hindu who had studied Persian and wrote verses in this language. During a halt in the proceedings he will recite a poem in praise of the emperor, that he has composed for the occasion. The women musicians, called \*bāndī\*, are also proclaiming the magnificence of the monarch in song accompanied with the drum, \*dholak\*, and tambourine, \*duff\*. With them will be noticed two male drummers, who are their \*ustāds\* or instructors. The direction in which the procession is moving is at first sight not clear, as some portions of it are facing one way and others another. It is, however, progressing across the picture from right to left, but the musicians are walking slowly backwards, so that the monarch, before whom they are passing, may get the full benefit of their performance. Its order and pace are regulated by the \*chharī-bardār\*, or master of the ceremonies, who will be seen at the top of the picture carrying out his duty in an active manner. - [Previous: c19.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.2) - [Next: c19.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.4) - [Up: c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.3) · Pramāṇa