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Topic 320 · History, Art & Culture

India-Persia cultural exchange through history

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Revise the 12 points first Book 1 RATNA
  1. Core Trigger: The exhibition 'Shared Epic Worlds' on the Shahnameh and Mahabharata ran at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi, until 4 June 2026.
  2. Theme: It compared the two epics across 18 panels, pairing Rustam with Arjuna and Simurgh with Garuda.
  3. Curator: Shahab Khajeh Piri of the Noor International Microfilm Centre curated it; the Aga Khan Trust for Culture supported it.
  4. Key Parallels: Vedic Yama matches Iranian Yima; Vedic asura, soma and yajna match Avestan ahura, haoma and yasna.
  5. Manuscript Data: A Mughal Shahnameh once owned by Jahangir has almost 90 paintings and about 51,000 verses.
  6. Stakeholders: The Vishnu temple at Bandar Abbas, Iran, was built in 1892 for Indian traders.
  7. India Link: Shyam Saran called India and Iran 'civilisational twins', citing monsoon-borne Indian merchants.
  8. Place: Darius I's trilingual Behistun inscription stands near Kermanshah, Iran; UNESCO listed it in 2006.
  9. Founded: The Achaemenid period ran from 550 to 330 BCE; Gandhara and Sind belonged to Darius's empire.
  10. Landmark: Akbar's Maktab Khana translated the Mahabharata into Persian as the Razmnama.
  11. Key Event: Nadir Shah defeated Mughal armies at Karnal in February 1739 and took the Koh-i-noor to Iran.
  12. Definition: Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), the 'Parrot of India', is credited with creating qawwali.
Question 1 of 10

The exhibition 'Shared Epic Worlds' ran at which Delhi venue?

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Answer: (C) Sunder Nursery

Core Trigger: The exhibition 'Shared Epic Worlds' on the Shahnameh and Mahabharata ran at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi, until 4 June 2026.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 320, point 1

Question 2 of 10

The exhibition paired Rustam of the Shahnameh with which Mahabharata hero?

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Answer: (D) Arjuna

Theme: It compared the two epics across 18 panels, pairing Rustam with Arjuna and Simurgh with Garuda.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 320, point 2

Question 3 of 10

Which body supported the 'Shared Epic Worlds' exhibition?

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Answer: (A) Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Curator: Shahab Khajeh Piri of the Noor International Microfilm Centre curated it; the Aga Khan Trust for Culture supported it.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 320, point 3

Question 4 of 10

The Vedic soma corresponds to which Avestan term?

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Answer: (B) Haoma

Key Parallels: Vedic Yama matches Iranian Yima; Vedic asura, soma and yajna match Avestan ahura, haoma and yasna.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 320, point 4

Question 5 of 10

1. A Mughal Shahnameh once owned by Jahangir has almost 90 paintings. 2. It has about 15,000 verses. Which is/are correct?

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Answer: (A) Only 1

Manuscript Data: A Mughal Shahnameh once owned by Jahangir has almost 90 paintings and about 51,000 verses.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 320, point 5

Question 6 of 10

In which year was the Vishnu temple at Bandar Abbas, Iran, built for Indian traders?

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Answer: (D) 1892

Stakeholders: The Vishnu temple at Bandar Abbas, Iran, was built in 1892 for Indian traders.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 320, point 6

Question 7 of 10

In which year did UNESCO list Darius I's trilingual Behistun inscription?

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Answer: (C) 2006

Place: Darius I's trilingual Behistun inscription stands near Kermanshah, Iran; UNESCO listed it in 2006.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 320, point 8

Question 8 of 10

Gandhara and Sind belonged to which empire?

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Answer: (A) The Achaemenid empire under Darius

Founded: The Achaemenid period ran from 550 to 330 BCE; Gandhara and Sind belonged to Darius's empire.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 320, point 9

Question 9 of 10

Akbar's Maktab Khana translated the Mahabharata into Persian as what?

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Answer: (B) Razmnama

Landmark: Akbar's Maktab Khana translated the Mahabharata into Persian as the Razmnama.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 320, point 10

Question 10 of 10

1. Nadir Shah defeated Mughal armies at Karnal in February 1739. 2. Amir Khusrau is credited with creating qawwali. Which is/are correct?

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Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2

Key Event: Nadir Shah defeated Mughal armies at Karnal in February 1739 and took the Koh-i-noor to Iran.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 320, point 11

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