Question

Muhammad bin Tughlaq is known as ‘a confused genius’. Support the
statement with reference to his three major projects. If you were
Muhammad bin Tughlaq‘s chief advisor, what advice would you give him to
ensure that his experiments succeeded.

Answer 1

Thank you for this question. Please find the answer below:

Muhammad bin Tughlaq is known as ‘a confused genius’ because his experiments failed. He was a modern man but the scenarios made him fail. Examples of his failures were;

(i) Moving the capital.

(ii) Introduction of token money.

(iii) Introduction of agricultural loans.

Answer 2

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was known as intelligent fool due to his failed experiments.

He was a able leader during his time but certain situations has brought him down.

One of the most famous failed experiments seems to be token currency.

Fundamentally, this currency was considered as the best measure to put an end to silver or gold from going out-of-kingdom.