# Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and courtiers

- Date: c. 1783
- Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 24.2 x 21.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Credit line: Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.63)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1986.63/1986.63_web.jpg
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Ruler of the western Himalayan kingdom of Kangra from 1775 to 1823, Sansar Chand (1765–1823) is seated on a red dais. As a youth at around 18 years of age, he still has not grown a beard, and his distinctive curly bushy hair is visible beneath his pink turban. This portrait may commemorate the Mughals relinquishing control of Kangra in 1783.