History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET December 2011 History
Chachnama, a history of Sindh, was originally written in
APersian language ✓ Correct
BHebrew language
CArabic language
DSanskrit language
Correct answer: (A) Persian language — The surviving Chachnama is a Persian work, so the answer is Persian.
Explanation
★The surviving Chachnama is a Persian work, so the answer is Persian.
★It was composed by Ali bin Hamid bin Abi Bakr Kufi in the early thirteenth century.
★The text narrates the history of Sindh and the Arab conquest under Muhammad bin Qasim in 712.
★It is named after Chach of Alor, the Brahmin ruler whose dynasty preceded the Arab invasion.
★The work is a major source for early Arab contact with the Indian subcontinent.
★Many scholars hold that Ali Kufi based his Persian account on an older Arabic narrative.
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