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Maharana Pratap Singh Attacking Man Singh at the Battle of Haldighati

Chokha · c. 1810–1820

A Mewar court painting made over two centuries after the battle, showing Pratap Singh on his horse Chetak charging Man Singh's war elephant.

Depicts Pratap Singh on his horse Chetak charging Man Singh's elephant at the Battle of Haldighati.

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Detail of a painted battle scene: a rider on a horse with a red-decorated elephant head-piece attacks toward a howdah-mounted figure on a grey elephant. Crowds of soldiers with turbans, spears and shields fill the foreground and background. Chains link the elephant's legs.
Chokha, detail from a painting of the Battle of Haldighati, c. 1810–20.

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What it is

This is a detail from a painting probably by the artist Chokha, made around 1810–20, depicting the Battle of Haldighati (1576) between the forces of Mewar under Pratap Singh and the Mughal forces led by Raja Man Singh of Amber on behalf of Emperor Akbar.

Why it matters

Painted roughly 250 years after the battle itself, this image shows how Pratap Singh's own dynasty remembered and pictured one of the most famous moments of his resistance against the Mughals: his charge on his horse Chetak toward Man Singh's elephant. It reflects later Mewar court memory rather than an eyewitness record of the event.

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  • Why might Mewar's court have continued commissioning paintings of this battle centuries later?
  • What choices has the artist made about who is shown as heroic and who as the enemy?
  • Since this was painted long after the battle, what might it tell us about memory rather than fact?

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