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Seu-Manaku-Nainsukh family

The Seu-Manaku-Nainsukh family, also known as the Seu-Nainsukh family, were a family of artists active during the 18th and 19th centuries in the Punjab Hills region of the Indian subcontinent.

Family

Seu was the patriarch of the Seu-Manaku-Nainsukh family, which would produced famous artists such as Manaku, Nainsukh, Fattu, Khushala, Kama, Ranjha, Gursahai, Sukhdayal, Deviditta, Gaudhu, Nikka, Saudagar, Attra, and Ramdayal. His two sons, Manaku and Nainsukh, became successful artists in their own right. Seu served as the mentor to his elder son, Manaku, with both his sons being educated at his workshop. His son, Manaku, would later finish a Ramayana series that Seu had left unfinished.

The periods of the Seu familial atelier can be divided as follows:

  1. Seu – during the 1720's
  2. Manaku and Nainsukh – active between 1730–1760
  3. First generation after Manaku and Nainsukh, consisting of their six sons – 1760's onwards
  4. Second generation after Manaku and Nainsukh, consisting of their grandchildren

First generation

  • Sons of Manaku:
  • Fattu (born ca.1725, died ca.1785)
  • Khushala (born ca.1730, died ca.1790)
  • Sons of Nainsukh:
  • Kama (born ca.1735, died ca.1810)
  • Gaudhu (born ca.1740, died 1820)
  • Nikka (born ca.1745, died 1833)
  • Ranjha (born ca.1750, died 1830)

Second generation

  • Sons of Fattu:
  • Madho
  • Molak
  • Kanshiram
  • Sons of Khushala:
  • Sikhnu
  • Hazari
  • Son of Kama:
  • Lala (born ca.1760, died 1827)
  • Sons of Gaudhu:
  • Sukhia
  • Sultanu
  • Sons of Nikka:
  • Harkhu (born ca.1765, died 1850)
  • Gokal (born ca.1770, died 1847)
  • Chhajju (born ca.1775, died 1850)
  • Sons of Ranjha:
  • Gursahai (born ca.1780, died 1840)
  • Sukhdayal
  • Son of Moti of Kangra-Ustehar:
  • Sajnu (active from ca.1790 to ca.1830)

Third generation

  • Attra, grandson of Nikka
  • Deviditta, great-grandson of Nainsukh
  • Sons of Sajnu:
  • Gulzari
  • Ramdayal
  • Kundu
  • Kanchanu

Fourth generation

  • Chetu (Chaitu), Sikhnu's grandson
  • Lachhmandas, Nikka's grandson

Fifth generation

  • Chandulal, Gokal's great-grandson and son of Lachhmandas

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