Court of Sher-e Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh - Bishan Singh - 19th Century Vintage Indian Sikh Royalty Painting

This painting depicts the court of the first Sikh ruler, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, within Lahore Fort surrounded by his sons, ministers, generals and attendants. Ranjit Singh, popularly known as Sher-e Punjab (the Lion of Punjab) is depicted in the centre seated on his famous golden throne. Made by Hafiz Muhammad Multani, a leading Muslim goldsmith in his atelier, the throne is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum (acc. no.2518(IS). Members of Ranjit Singh’s family are seated to his right, including his son Kharak Singh who succeeded his father as the second Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, Sher Singh beside Kharak Singh, and Duleep Singh as a young boy seated further down. Among the Sikh noblemen on his left are Baba Ram Singh Vasti, his spiritual advisor, Raja Gulab Singh, the first Maharaja of Kashmir, and Raja Dhian Singh, his prime minister. Ranjit Singh’s administrator, Diwan Dina Nath, is seated on the red carpet accompanied by one of his clerks.

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