Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:

'Akbar Nama' was written in which of the following language?

Options:

Persian

Urdu

Hindavi

Turkish

Correct Answer:

Persian

Explanation:

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).