Question

List down the stratergies of different Mughal Emprors to promote law and order.

Answer 1

Answer:

Extending the argument made in the previous chapter for developing a historically 'deep'

understanding of India's strategic practice, the attempt here would be to explain its

evolution during a particular historical period. The chapter looks at the significant

material and ideational influences that went into the making of Akbar's grand strategy,

and is divided into three broad segments. In the first section, we will look at the manner

in which material influences such as the distance factor and the vast military potential of

Indian society shaped the orientation ofMughal grand strategy. Likewise, the subsequent

section traces the ideational factors that determined the tenor of Akbar's policies towards

the indigenous elite. The combined thrust of these two sections lies in the central

argument of the chapter that while Akbar innovated with his policies, to a great extent he

drew from existing ancient and medieval traditions of kingship, and learnt to work within

the constraints of the time. The final segment outlines the parameters of Akbar's

accommodationist grand strategy, particularly the key instruments of socialisation

through which it was implemented.

Although Akbar pursued certain policies that were not altogether novel, he had to

devise a long-term strategy to effectively meet the challenge of endemic violence. The

grand strategy he adopted was one of accommodation, wherein assimilative and

manipulative policies were pursued to incor