64th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018
Who stated that five thousand to twenty thousand men worked for forty years to build the palace of forty pillars at Allahabad in Akbar's time?
aManucci
bTavernier
cWilliam Finch✓ Correct
dAbdul Hamid Lahori
eNone of the above/More than one of the above
Explanation
According to William Finch, the construction of the “Palace of Forty Pillars” in Allahabad took about 40 years, and around five thousand to twenty thousand people worked for its construction.
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