Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:

'Akbar Nama' was written in which language?

Options:

Arabic

Turkish

Persian

Sanskrit

Correct Answer:

Persian

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Persian

Mughal chronicles such as the Akbar Nama were written in Persian, while others, like Babur’s memoirs, were translated from Turkish into Persian Babur Nama.  Translations of Sanskrit texts such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana into Persian were commissioned by the Mughal emperors. The Mahabharata was translated as the Razmnama (Book of Wars).