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UGC NET December 2020 History (Shift-II)
Under the Mughals, a piece of transparent gazelle skin used for tracing, onto which the outlines of sketches were traced, was known as:
ACharba ✓ Correct
BTarh
CKhat
DShamsa
Correct answer: (A) Charba — It was known as charba, so the answer is charba.
Explanation
★It was known as charba, so the answer is charba.
★Under the Mughals, a piece of transparent gazelle skin was used for tracing.
★The outlines of sketches were traced onto it.
★This piece of skin was known as charba.
★It allowed an artist to copy and transfer a composition accurately.
★So this transparent gazelle skin used for tracing was known as charba.
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