[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Krishna and Nikumba # Krishna and Nikumba The Mughal emperor Akbar had the main Sanskrit texts of Hinduism translated into Persian, the language of the court and of the elite of the empire. This page is from a dispersed illustrated translation of the Harivamsa, the life of Krishna appended to the Mahabharata, and was done in about 1590. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1585–1594 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-6-1970](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-6-1970) · Pramāṇa