Which of the following statements is incorrect about Chronicles?

A- They present a continuous chronological record of events.

B- At one level they were a repository of factual information about the institutions of the Vardhana dynasty.

C- All the chronicles were written by the rulers themselves.

D- They give us a glimpse into how imperial ideologies were created and disseminated.

E- They give us detailed information about the rulers of the Mughals.

B and C

The correct answer is Option 1 - B and C

Statements B and C are incorrect.

B- At one level they were a repository of factual information about the institutions of the Vardhana dynasty (It should be the Mughal dynasty not the Vardhana dynasty).
C- All the chronicles were written by the rulers themselves (The Mughal kings commissioned court historians to write accounts).

The Mughal kings commissioned court historians to write accounts. These accounts recorded the events of the emperor’s time. In addition, their writers collected vast amounts of information from the regions of the subcontinent to help the rulers govern their domain. Modern historians writing in English have termed this genre of texts chronicles, as they present a continuous chronological record of events (Statement A). Chronicles are an indispensable source for any scholar wishing to write a history of the Mughals (Statement E). At one level they were a repository of factual information about the institutions of the Mughal state, painstakingly collected and classified by individuals closely connected with the court. At the same time, these texts were intended as conveyors of meanings that the Mughal rulers sought to impose on their domain. They, therefore, give us a glimpse into how imperial ideologies were created and disseminated (Statement D).