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Dara Shukoh was the eldest son and of the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He was favoured as a successor by his father, Shah Jahan, and his older sister, Princess Jahanara Begum, but was defeated and later killed by his younger brother, Prince Muhiuddin (later, the Emperor Aurangzeb), in a bitter struggle for the imperial throne.

The Mughal prince Dara Shikoh is known to have personally translated a large number of Hindu texts, such as the Upanishads, into a compilation known as the Sirr-e-Akbar, as well as a treatise on Hindu-Muslim syncretism, namely the Majma-ul-Bahrain. A brief glance at the illustrated folios of these texts reveal no small amount of influence on modern Hindu art

Dara Shukoh subsequently developed a friendship with the seventh Sikh Guru, Guru Har Rai. He devoted much effort towards finding a common mystical language between Islam and Hinduism. Towards this goal he completed the translation of fifty Upanishads from their original Sanskrit into Persian in 1657 so that they could be studied by Muslim scholars. His translation is often called Sirr-e-Akbar.

The library established by Dara Shukoh still exists on the grounds of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Kashmiri Gate, Delhi, and is now run as a museum by Archaeological Survey of India after being renovated.

He was a patron of fine arts, music and dancing. But, his brother Aurangazeb had vandalised and destroyed most of the art works of Dara Shikoh. Tomb of his wife Nadira Begum and the Shrine of Mian Mir in Lahore are finest examples to the marvel of Dara Shikoh.

Dara Shikoh was a great personality who built up close relations with other religions, Sikhisim & Hinduisim, striven for harmonious living which hatred his brother Aurangazeb, who killed Dara Shikoh.