Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

Who translated 'Ain-i-Akbari', Volume I, into English?

Options:

Jean Baptiste Tavernier

H. S. Jarrett

Henry Blochmann

Antonio Monserrate

Correct Answer:

Henry Blochmann

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Henry Blochmann

Given the importance of the Ain, it has been translated for use by a number of scholars. Henry Blochmann edited it and the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta (present-day Kolkata), published it in its Bibliotheca Indica series. The book has also been translated into English in three volumes. The standard translation of Volume 1 is that of Henry Blochmann (Calcutta 1873). The other two volumes were translated by H.S. Jarrett (Calcutta 1891 and 1894).