Why do you think Akbar had a liberal outlook towards people?
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The myth of ‘Akbar the Liberal’ remains one of the most persistent in Indian history. Over the years believers have come in two main varieties, British imperialists and Nehruvian secularists. These two naturally opposed groups accept the myth for separate reasons, and they differ from Hindu nationalists, who completely reject the whole notion.
Generally accepted as the greatest of the Mughal Emperors, Akbar (r. 1556-1605) imposed his rule over all of north India after decades of fighting that covered an area ranging from Sind to Bengal and from Kashmir to the Deccan. He perfected both the mansab system of government appointments and the zabt land revenue structure later inherited by the British. The main basis for his liberal credentials is the phase in his life, around 1575-81, during which he allowed free discussion on the subject of religion inside his Court. This period of thought experiment (or self-indulgence, or mental illness) has given him, in certain quarters, a progressive halo, as a man who wished to end religious conflict prompted purely by a concern for truth. He has also been hailed as a visionary who sought to unite the ‘nation’ at large around a non-communal conception of India. These are both wildly anachronistic pictures, drawn by modern observers with a great deal of self-interest at stake.
Generally accepted as the greatest of the Mughal Emperors, Akbar (r. 1556-1605) imposed his rule over all of north India after decades of fighting that covered an area ranging from Sind to Bengal and from Kashmir to the Deccan. He perfected both the mansab system of government appointments and the zabt land revenue structure later inherited by the British. The main basis for his liberal credentials is the phase in his life, around 1575-81, during which he allowed free discussion on the subject of religion inside his Court. This period of thought experiment (or self-indulgence, or mental illness) has given him, in certain quarters, a progressive halo, as a man who wished to end religious conflict prompted purely by a concern for truth. He has also been hailed as a visionary who sought to unite the ‘nation’ at large around a non-communal conception of India. These are both wildly anachronistic pictures, drawn by modern observers with a great deal of self-interest at stake.
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See. mate Akhbar could foresee the future if he followed the racial discrimination.
Akhbar saw that the vast majority of his subjects were Hindus and only minority we're Muslims. So he adopted a liberal outlook towards both of them.
If he had gone the other way, the empire would have collapsed soon after.
Akhbar saw that the vast majority of his subjects were Hindus and only minority we're Muslims. So he adopted a liberal outlook towards both of them.
If he had gone the other way, the empire would have collapsed soon after.
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