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Basawan

1560 - 1600

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Basāwan, or Basāvan (flourished 1580–1600), was an Indian miniature painter in the Mughal style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basawan has received more than 78,210 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Basawan is the 1,829th most popular painter (down from 1,563rd in 2019), the 667th most popular biography from India (down from 538th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Painter.

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  • 78k

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  • 53.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Basawan ranks 1,829 out of 2,023. Before him are Vassily Maximov, Edwin Long, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Paul Raud, Jaroslav Čermák, and Josefine Swoboda. After him are Wang Shimin, Marsden Hartley, Lev Lagorio, Joseph Stella, Ásgrímur Jónsson, and William Powell Frith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Basawan ranks 21. Before him are Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Jan Gruter, Domenico Tintoretto, Felice Anerio, Heinrich Khunrath, and Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. After him is Firishta. Among people deceased in 1600, Basawan ranks 24. Before him are Claude Le Jeune, Robert de Nola, Lourenço Marques, Edward Fortunatus, Richard Hooker, and Tadeáš Hájek.

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In India

Among people born in India, Basawan ranks 667 out of 1,861. Before him are Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Asha Parekh (1942), Anandiben Patel (1941), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924). After him are Balasaraswati (1918), Nalini Bala Devi (1898), Roshanara Begum (1617), Shrilal Shukla (1925), Nirmala Joshi (1934), and Zeenat Aman (1951).

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Among PAINTERS In India

Among painters born in India, Basawan ranks 5. Before him are Raja Ravi Varma (1848), Abanindranath Tagore (1871), M. F. Husain (1915), and Jamini Roy (1887).

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