Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:

Edited versions of the Akbar Nama and Badshah Nama were first published by which organization in the nineteenth century?

Options:

Shanitiniketan

Asiatic Society Of Bengal

Bengal Literary Society

None of the above

Correct Answer:

Asiatic Society Of Bengal

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - Asiatic Society Of Bengal

Edited versions of the Akbar Nama and Badshah Nama were first published by the Asiatic Society in the nineteenth century. In the early twentieth century, the Akbar Nama was translated into English by Henry Beveridge after years of hard labour. Only excerpts of the Badshah Nama have been translated into English to date; the text in its entirety still awaits translation.