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Who translated the Upanishads and the Atharva Veda into Persian?

ADara Shukoh

BAkbar

CAurangzeb

DJahangir

Answer:

A. Dara Shukoh

Read Explanation:

Sufism

  • The Sufis rejected luxurious life and gave importance to spiritual life.

  • The term Sufism was derived from the Arabic word

  • Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, Nizamuddin Auliya, etc. Were the propagators of Sufism.

  • The Sufi Movement played a major role in the development of the Urdu language. Urdu was formed by the hybridization of Arabic, Persian and the Indian languages (Hindi and Sanskrit).

  • Many Sanskrit texts including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata were translated into Persian during that period. Akbar had a department exclusively for this. It was Dara Shukoh, the son of Shah Jahan, who translated the Upanishads and the Atharva Veda into Persian


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