RAS question
'Nainsi ri Khyat' and 'Marwar ra Pargana ri Vigat', important historical texts of Rajasthan, were written by:
Correct answer: (C) Muhnot Nainsi.
Nainsi ri Khyat and Marwar ra Pargana ri Vigat were written by Muhnot Nainsi, the seventeenth-century Diwan of Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur.
Explanation
Muhnot Nainsi is the author associated with both works named in the question. He was the Diwan of Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur and lived in the seventeenth century, from 1610 to 1670. Nainsi ri Khyat is a historical chronicle, while Marwar ra Pargana ri Vigat is treated as a gazetteer of Marwar. The Indian Economic and Social History Review article on seventeenth-century Marwar supports the attribution by citing Muhta Nainsi's Khyat and Marwar-ra-pargana-ri-Vigat as source works. This is why Muhnot Nainsi, remembered as the 'Abul Fazl of Rajputana', is the only fitting answer.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Suryamall Mishran is not linked here because he wrote different works, not Nainsi ri Khyat or Marwar ra Pargana ri Vigat.
- (B) Kaviraj Shyamaldas is wrong because he is associated with Vir Vinod, not with the two Marwar historical texts in the question.
- (D) Dayaldas is not the answer because he is identified with the history of Bikaner rather than Nainsi's Marwar chronicle and pargana account.
Concept
This tests authorship and source-text awareness in Rajasthan history, especially the chronicles and administrative records used for studying Marwar. RAS repeatedly asks such items because these texts are core evidence for political, social and regional history of Rajasthan.