Which one of the following musical instruments was mastered by Aurangzeb?
(A) Sitar
(B) Pakhawaj
(C) Veena
(D) None of the above
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 2010, UPPCS (Mains) 2007
Aurangzeb banned music in India as he found it anti-Islamic. But it is also the fact that during his tenure, maximum books on Indian classical music were written in the Persian language. Being anti-music, he was a great instrumentalist who used to play the Indian instrument called ‘Veena’.
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