Unlike the usual academic enquiries in the history of art, Pahari Painting is imbued with personal feelings of the author.

The author has studied the intriguing pattern of stylistic development of the art of painting in the north- western Himalayan region. How the decorative formalism of Mughal painting is linked up with the political situation in the region, and the migration of the artists and their families to the small Himalayan kingdoms. And the resultant change in style artistic conventions and technique also reflects the changing aesthetic tast5e of the royal patrons of the region in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The author has studies all the important collections of Pahari paintings in India , Europe and the USA . She has referred to many heretofore unpublished specimens in her analysis of crucial stylistic changes, particularly in such important Centres as Kangra and Guler.

Mrs. Chandramani Singh acquired M.A. (1962)and PhD (1970) in the History of Art from Banaras University, earned her Senior Diploma in Sculpture from the same University and has taken courses in Museology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Dr. Singh worked in Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras University Museum, in various Capacities, Storage Assistant , Assistant Curator, lecturer in Museology and Keeper from 1964 to 1973. In April 1973, she joined M.S. Man Singh II Museum. Jaipur as Registrar.

As a graduate student at the University of Michigan she edited Japanese Prints Catalogue and arranged the exhibition with other fellow students. Dr. Singh was Assistant Editor of Chhavi: Bharat Kala Bhavan Golden Jubilee Volume, for which she got National Award in Designing and planning art books; participated in a seminar on Banaras (Cultural Life of Kashi), organized by Simla institute of Advanced study, and in Museum Camps of Ministry of Education, Government of India, held in Bombay and Lucknow. She contributed to the Encyclopaedia of World Art along with other Indian scholars. Dr. Singh has been a regular contributor to a number of art journals.