Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, a Mughal painting attributed to Miskin, comes from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana. The Harivamsa Purana was one of the many manuscripts that the Mughals translated into Persian. In which language were these manuscripts written?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Sanskrit
The Harivamsa Purana was one of the many Sanskrit manuscripts that the Mughals translated into Persian. Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, attributed to Miskin, is on a theme from it.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Krishna lifts Mount Govardhan …Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana is attributed to Miskin (1585–90). It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Harivamsa Purana is one of the many Sanskrit manuscripts, which were translated into Persian by the Mughals. This painting is on a theme from Harivamsa. Badauni, a scholar noble in the court of Akbar, was assigned the job of translating this volume on Lord Krishna into Persian.…”
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