Question 1

The work Mirat-i-Ahmadi, an exhaustive administrative history and statistical gazetteer of the province of Gujarat, was written by:

Accepted Answer

Ali Muhammad Khan — Ali Muhammad Khan compiled the Mirat-i-Ahmadi as a detailed administrative and statistical gazetteer of Mughal Gujarat, a regional counterpart in style and value to the Ain-i-Akbari but focused on a single province.

Question 2

Who composed the Tuzk-i-Jahangiri, the official memoirs written in Persian covering most of Jahangir's reign?

Accepted Answer

Jahangir himself (with later additions by Mutamad Khan and Muhammad Hadi) — Jahangir personally wrote his own memoirs (Tuzk-i-Jahangiri) in Persian for most of his reign, with the final years added by Mutamad Khan and later Muhammad Hadi — a rare instance, like Babur's, of a Mughal emperor's own candid autobiographical voice.

Question 3

The classical Sanskrit chronicle Rajatarangini, detailing the history of Kashmir kings, was written in the 12th century by:

Accepted Answer

Kalhana — Kalhana's 12th-century Rajatarangini is celebrated as one of the earliest works of Indian historical writing with a genuine sense of chronology and critical method, tracing Kashmir's kings from legendary antiquity to his own time.

Question 4

The continuation of Kalhana's Rajatarangini up to the reign of Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin was authored by:

Accepted Answer

Jonaraja — Jonaraja continued Kalhana's Rajatarangini forward to the reign of Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin of Kashmir; Srivara later extended the chronicle further still, together forming a rare continuous multi-century historiographical tradition.

Question 5

What is the title of the work composed by Prince Dara Shikoh to demonstrate the fundamental underlying philosophical harmony between Hinduism and Islam?

Accepted Answer

Majma-ul-Bahrain (Mingling of two Oceans) — Dara Shikoh's Majma-ul-Bahrain ("The Mingling of the Two Oceans") argues for deep philosophical common ground between Vedantic Hindu thought and Sufi Islamic mysticism — reflecting his own syncretic religious outlook, distinct from his separate Persian translation of the Upanishads, Sirr-i-Akbar.

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