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Who among the Mughal Emperors/ courtiers made arrangement for translation of Upanisadas into Farsi?

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Babur
  2. Akbar
  3. Shah Jahan
  4. Dara Sukoh

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Dara Sukoh

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: D. Dara Sukoh šŸ“š Explanation: Dara Sukoh, the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, was a great scholar and a promoter of religious harmony. He translated the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita into Persian (Farsi). His most famous work, 'Sirr-i-Akbar' (The Great Secret), is his Persian translation of the Upanishads. He believed that the core teachings of Islam and Hinduism were identical.