Which of the following statements related to Ain-i Akbari is correct?

Statement A- 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.

Statement B- It was completed in 1598, the forty-second regnal year of the emperor, after having gone through seven revisions.

Only statement A is correct.

The correct answer is Option 1 - Only statement A is correct.

Given statements:

Statement A- 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. (Correct)

Statement B- It was completed in 1598, the forty-second regnal year of the emperor, after having gone through seven revisions. (Incorrect)

Correction in statement B- It was completed in 1598, the forty-second regnal year of the emperor, after having gone through FIVE revisions.

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. The Ain-i Akbari, the third book.