+91-8076753736 support@wiredfaculty.com
logo
logo

Sponsor Area

Kings And Chronicles : The Mughal Courts

Question
CBSEENHS12027530
Wired Faculty App

Describe the variety of tasks involved in creation of manuscripts during the reign of the Mughals.

Solution

The variety of tasks involved in creation of manuscripts during the reign of the Mughals are as follows:

(a)    All books in Mughal India were manuscripts, that is, they were handwritten. The centre of manuscript production was the imperial kitabkhana. Although kitabkhana can be translated as library, it was a scriptorium,that is, a place where the emperor’s collection of manuscripts was kept and new manuscripts were produced.

(b)    The creation of a manuscript involved a number of people performing a variety of taskss. Paper makers were needed to prepare the folios of the manuscript, scribes or calligraphers to copy the text, gilders to illuminate the pages, painters to illustrate scenes from the text, bookbinders to gather the individual folios and set them within ornamental covers.

(c)The finished manuscript was seen as a precious object, a work of intellectual wealth and beauty it exemplified the power of its patron, the Mughal emperor, to bring such beauty into being.

(d) At the same time some of the people involved in the actual production of the manuscript also got recognition in the form of titles and awards. Of these, calligraphers and painters held a high social standing while others, such as paper makers or bookbinders, have remained anonymous artisans.

Some More Questions From Kings And Chronicles : The Mughal Courts Chapter

Describe the process of manuscript production in the Mughal court.

In what ways would the daily routine and special festivities associated with the Mughal court have conveyed a sense of the power of the emperor?

Assess the role played by women of the imperial household in the Mughal Empire.

What were the concerns that shaped Mughal policies and attitudes towards regions outside the subcontinent?

Discuss the major features of Mughal provincial administration. How did the centre control the provinces?

Discuss, with examples, the distinctive features of Mughal chronicles.

To what extent do you think the visual material presented in this chapter corresponds with Abu’l Fazl’s description of the taswir (Source 1)?

What were the distinctive features of the Mughal nobility? How was their relationship with the emperor shaped?

Identify the elements that went into the making of the Mughal ideal of kingship.

Find out more about any one Mughal chronicle. Prepare a report describing the author, and the language, style and content of the text. Describe at
least two visuals used to illustrate the chronicle of your choice, focusing on the symbols used to indicate the power of the emperor.

Mock Test Series

Mock Test Series

NCERT Sample Papers

Entrance Exams Preparation