Mughal Kings commissioned court historians to write __________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Chronicles
The Mughal kings commissioned court historians to write accounts of the emperor’s time, a genre of texts that modern historians writing in English have termed chronicles.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Kings and Chronicles’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “…One way of transmitting this vision was through the writing of dynastic histories. The Mughal kings commissioned court historians to write accounts. These accounts recorded the events of the emperor’s time. In addition, their writers collected vast amounts of information from the regions of the subcontinent to help the rulers govern their domain. Modern historians writing in English have termed this genre of texts chronicles, as they present a continuous chronological record of events. Chronicles are an indispensable source for any scholar wishing to write a history of the Mughals.…” |