Who was the author of the historical text ‘Nuskhah-i-Dilkusha’ from the time of Aurangzeb?
Bhimsen Saxena Kayastha was the author of the historical text ‘Nuskhah-i-Dilkusha’ (The Delights of the Heart) during the time of Aurangzeb. Bhimsen served as a Mughal official in the Deccan and his memoir provides a crucial, semi-official and detailed perspective on the long, destructive Mughal campaigns in the South. The correct answer is (A) Bhimsen Saxena Kayastha.
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The historical chronicle ‘Nuskhah-i-Dilkusha’ was authored by Bhimsen Saxena Kayastha. Bhimsen was a Kayastha official who spent much of his career in the Deccan region, serving under the Mughal general Dalpat Rao. His work is invaluable as it provides a detailed eye-witness account of Aurangzeb’s lengthy and ruinous Deccan campaigns and the deteriorating administrative and economic conditions in the region during the later half of the 17th century.