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Introduction | |
Babur (1526 - 1530 AD) | |
Humayun (1530-40 & 1555-56) | |
Sher Shah Suri (1540-45) | |
Jahangir (1605-1627) | |
Shah Jahan (1628-1658) |
Akbar(1556-1605)
Aurangzeb (1658-1707)
Facts To Be Remembered
- Maham Anaga was Akbar’s foster-mother.
- Akbar was successful in crushing a rebellion led by Uzbek nobles.
- Abdul Nabi was the corrupt chief qazi of Akbar.
- Chavand was the new capital of Rana Pratap.
- Chandrasen, the ruler of Marwar, waged a guerilla warfare against Akbar.
- Singhasan Battisi, the Atharva Veda and the Bible were translated into Persian during the reign of Akbar.
- The Kabul-Ghazni-Qandhar line was established by Akbar.
- The peasants who owned the land they tilled were called Khudkasht.
- Population in India at the beginning of Seventeenth century was about 125 million.
- During Akbar’s reign, Rajputs formed the largest section of the Hindu nobility, and among Rajputs, the Kachhwahas predominated.
- Hindus formed 33% of Aurangzeb’s nobility. Of the Hindu nobles, the Marathas formed more than half.
- Jahangir introduced the fashion of wearing costly jewels in their ears after piercing them.
- During Mughal India, the Chettis formed the trading community of South India.
- The fifth Guru Arjun Das started a system of collecting offerings from the Sikh at the rate of one-tenth of their income.
- Forbidden cesses were called abwabs under the Mughals.
- Jagannath and Janardan Bhatta were famous musicians who belonged to Shah Jahan’s court.
- Akbar gave Raja Birbal the title of Kavi-priya.
- Bihari Lal was the poet of Shah Jahan’s reign. He wrote Satsai which is a collection of 700 dohas and sortas.
- An important historical work of Shahjahan’s reign is the Amal-i-Salih of Muhammad Salih.
- Mirza Hossain Ali composed songs in Bengali in honour of Goddess Kali.
- If on earth be an Eden of Bliss
- It is this, it is this, none but this” — Amir Khusrau
Women of the Mughal Family
Mughal Buildings & Builder
Began by Akbar and finished by Jahangir.
Name of the Book Author
Battles Fought Between
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