During the regin of Shahjehan, Prince Dara Shikoh who was passionately interested in Hindu philosophy and mysticism, made the invaluable treasures of
Hindu thought, the Upanishads, the Bhagwad Gita and Yoga Vashistha available to Muslim readers in Persian,
and himself wrote a book, Majma- ul- Bahrain( The Meeting Place of Two Oceans) which is a comparative study of Hindu and Muslim mystic philosophy.