UPSC · Prelims and Mains
Ancient and Medieval History, Art and Culture
← Literature, languages and sourcesPersian and Arabic chronicles, memoirs and translations
- Sultanate chroniclers
- Amir Khusrau: Khazain-ul-Futuh, Tughlaqnama, Nuh Sipihr, Hindavi verse, 'parrot of India', Nizamuddin Auliya's disciple
- Al biruni ibn battuta
- Mughal chronicles memoirs
- Translations under Akbar (Razmnama, Ramayana, Yogavasistha by Nizamuddin Panipati, Lilavati) and Dara Shikoh (Sirr-i-Akbar Upanishads, Majma-ul-Bahrain)
- The Mughal kitabkhana: manuscript production, calligraphy, illustration, binding and preservation
