The Ain-i Akbari was completed in which regnal year of the emperor Akbar?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Forty-second regnal year
The Ain-i Akbari was completed in 1598, the forty-second regnal year of Akbar, after going through five revisions.
NCERT (2026-27): “8. The Ain-i Akbari of Abu’l Fazl Allami … The Ain-i Akbari was the culmination of a large historical, administrative project of classification undertaken by Abu’l Fazl at the order of Emperor Akbar. It was completed in 1598, the forty-second regnal year of the emperor, after having gone through five revisions. The Ain was part of a larger project of history writing commissioned by Akbar. This history, known as the Akbar Nama, comprised three books. The first two provided a historical narrative. We will look at these parts more closely in Chapter 9. The Ain-i Akbari, the third book, was organised as a compendium of imperial regulations and a gazetteer of the empire.…” |