U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2004

Indo-Islamic Synthesis

Authentic Past Paper Standard Evaluation

The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title:

Solution & Analysis

Answer: D

Concept Dara Shikoh believed that the Upanishads were the 'Hidden Book' (Kitab al-maknun) mentioned in the Quran, leading him to attempt an intellectual reconciliation.

Explanation In 1657, Dara Shikoh completed the translation of 50 Upanishads into Persian under the title Sirr-i-Akbar (The Great Secret).

Logical Breakup

Logic 1: Option D is correct. This translation eventually reached Europe, making it the first source of Upanishadic knowledge for the West.

Logic 2: Majma-ul-Bahrain (Option C) is another work by Dara Shikoh, but it is an original treatise on the meeting of Hinduism and Islam, not the specific Upanishad translation.

Active Recall

Question

What was the purpose of Sirr-i-Akbar?

Answer

To translate the Sanskrit wisdom of the Upanishads into Persian to bridge the gap between Islamic and Hindu philosophical thought.

Core Insight

Dara Shikoh's work highlights the high point of Mughal intellectual pluralism before the orthodox turn under Aurangzeb.

The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title:

Solution & Analysis

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