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Dara Shikoh grave
February 21 , 2020
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- The Ministry of Culture recently set up a seven-member panel of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), to locate the grave of the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh.
- Dara Shikoh (1615-59) was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
- He was defeated by his younger brother Prince Muhiuddin (later, Emperor Aurangzeb).
- Dara Shikoh is described as a “liberal Muslim” who tried to find commonalities between Hindu and Islamic traditions.
- He translated the Bhagavad Gita as well as 52 Upanishads into Persian.
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