Man Singh : of the Tanwar dynasty of the Rājputs of Gwalior, ruled from 1486 to 1517. A brilliant general, until the end of his life, Raja Mān Singh maintained the independence of his kingdom, holding his ground against the Mohammedan rulers of Jaunpur & Mālwā as well as against the Sultans of Delhi. He & his queen, Mriga-naini (fawn-eyed) developed Gwalior as a great centre of the fine arts, most notably the Gwalior Gharānā of music. Mān Singh also built a magnificent palace with its equally magnificent great gate on the eastern face of the hill. [See Jahangir to compare this Mān Singh with the Mān Singh of Amber]

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Early Cultural Writings > "Rupam"

... whole spirit, method and every Page 593 characteristic reductions of the old style of mural painting. He appeals also to the typically Ajantesque character of the coloured panels of Man Singh's palace which date from the fifteenth or sixteenth century. It will be interesting to follow the farther development of this argument in the forthcoming number. I could wish I had space for adequate... admirable in its artistic get-up and its fine reproductions of Indian sculpture and painting, admirable in the accomplished excellence of its matter,—the name of the editor, Mr. O. C. Gangoly, the one man most especially fitted by his knowledge and capacity for this work, is of itself a sufficient guarantee of excellence,—is a significant indication of the progress that is being made in the revival of ...