Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image is attributed to Miskin. It comes from which dispersed manuscript?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Harivamsa Purana
Option (1) Divan-i Hafiz — Incorrect. Miskin’s Noah’s Ark comes from a dispersed Divan-i Hafiz of 1590. The painting shown is a Krishna scene, not Noah’s ark.
Option (2) Jahangirnama — Incorrect. Jahangir in Darbar, by Abul Hasan and Manohar, comes from the Jahangirnama. The painting shown is a Krishna scene by Miskin.
Option (3) Diwan of Amir Shahi — Incorrect. A Prince and a Hermit is the folio from the Diwan of Amir Shahi. The painting shown is a Krishna scene, not this folio.
Option (4) Harivamsa Purana — Correct. The painting is Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana. Badauni was assigned the job of translating this volume on Lord Krishna into Persian.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
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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