# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basawan
# Generated: 2026-09-08T19:28:44.942Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basawan"
name: "Basawan"
slug: "basawan"
description: "Basāwan, or Basāvan, was an Indian miniature painter in the Mughal style. He was known by his contemporaries as a skilled colorist and keen observer of human nature, and for his use of portraiture in the illustrations of Akbarnama, Mughal Emperor, Akbar's official Biography, which is seen as an innovation in Indian art."
tagline: "Late 16th-century Mughal Indian artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basawan._Akbar_Taming_Mad_Elephant_Hawai._Composition_by_Basawan%2C_coloring_by_Chitra._(left_part)_Akbarnama%2C_ca._1590%2C_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum%2C_London.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1560"
deathDate: "1600"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.55104533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Басаван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85)"
    title: "بسوان (رسام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basavan"
    title: "Basavan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basawan"
    title: "Basawan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basawan"
    title: "Basawan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basawan"
    title: "Basawan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basawan"
    title: "Basawan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basawan"
    title: "Basawan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basawan"
    title: "Basawan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بساون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basawan"
    title: "Basawan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "बसावन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basawan"
    title: "Basawan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C4%81vana"
    title: "Basāvana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Басаван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basavan"
    title: "Basavan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basawan"
    title: "Basawan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Басаван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Басаван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728311"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump