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.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
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.