id: 314404 accession number: 2018.120 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.120 updated: 2021-01-11 15:46:35.523000 Raja Sansar Chand Attacking Kangra Fort, 1782. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra. Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton cloth; painting: 81.3 x 264 cm (32 x 103 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.120 title: Raja Sansar Chand Attacking Kangra Fort title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1782 creation date earliest: 1782 creation date latest: 1782 current location: creditline: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra technique: Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton cloth department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Painting: 81.3 x 264 cm (32 x 103 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Inscriptions in Takri and Persian. Persian reads: “On the 23rd of the month of Kartik, Samvat 1839 (1782 a.d.) Sri Maharaja Sansar Chand Bahadur attached Lakkarkot (Nagrakot ?) and the fortress of Kangra, attained victory and made siege intrenchments at the fortress of Kot Kangra.” At this time Sansar Chand was campaigning in the Kangra region with the support of the Sikh Jai Singh Kanheya who does not, however, appear in the present picture. But it was not until 1783 that Kangra Fort was surrendered to the Sikhs after the death of the Mughal Governor of Kangra, Saif Ali Khan. In 1786 Sansar Chand finy gained Kangra Fort by peaceful treaty from Jai Singh Kanheya in return for territorial concessions in the Punjab Plains (Archer, vol. 1, p. 249) translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.120/2018.120_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.120/2018.120_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.120/2018.120_full.tif