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Posthumous portrait of Raja Chhatar Singh of Chamba smoking a hookah
- Date
- c. 1700
- Medium
- Gum tempera and ink on paper
- Culture
- Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Raja Chattar Singh’s reign, from 1664 to 1690, is considered to be a period of prosperity for Chamba. During that time, boundaries of the kingdoms were expanded, and the economy thrived. He is best known for defying the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s orders to demolish all the Hindu temples in his realm. Instead, he installed copper gilt wooden umbrellas on the temples, many of which exist to this day. The Raja wears a Central Asian robe instead of the popular Mughal jama.
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