Akbar the Great was the third and greatest ruler of the Mughal Empire in India. [1] He expanded the empire to include nearly all of the Indian subcontinent north of the Godavari River through his military conquests and policies of conciliation. [2] Akbar established a centralized administration system and adopted policies to gain the trust and loyalty of his native subjects, laying the foundations for a multicultural empire. [3] He turned his attention to conquering Rajputana and reducing its key forts, notably Chittorgarh fort in 1567, establishing Mughal dominance over the region.
Akbar the Great was the third and greatest ruler of the Mughal Empire in India. [1] He expanded the empire to include nearly all of the Indian subcontinent north of the Godavari River through his military conquests and policies of conciliation. [2] Akbar established a centralized administration system and adopted policies to gain the trust and loyalty of his native subjects, laying the foundations for a multicultural empire. [3] He turned his attention to conquering Rajputana and reducing its key forts, notably Chittorgarh fort in 1567, establishing Mughal dominance over the region.
Akbar the Great was the third and greatest ruler of the Mughal Empire in India. [1] He expanded the empire to include nearly all of the Indian subcontinent north of the Godavari River through his military conquests and policies of conciliation. [2] Akbar established a centralized administration system and adopted policies to gain the trust and loyalty of his native subjects, laying the foundations for a multicultural empire. [3] He turned his attention to conquering Rajputana and reducing its key forts, notably Chittorgarh fort in 1567, establishing Mughal dominance over the region.
Akbar was Mughal Emperor from 1556 untl hs !eath" #e was the thr! an! greatest ruler of the Mughal $%nast% n &n!a" '(bar succee!e! hs father) #uma%un) un!er a regent) *aram +han) who helpe! the %oung emperor e,pan! an! consol!ate Mughal !omans n &n!a" ' strong personalt% an! a successful general) '(bar gra!uall% enlarge! the Mughal Empre to nclu!e nearl% all of the &n!an -ubcontnent north of the .o!a/ar r/er" #s power an! nfluence) howe/er) e,ten!e! o/er the entre countr% because of Mughal mltar%) poltcal) cultural) an! economc !omnance" 0o unf% the /ast Mughal state) '(bar establshe! a central1e! s%stem of a!mnstraton throughout hs empre an! a!opte! a polc% of conclatng con2uere! rulers through marrage an! !plomac%" '(bar3s regn sgnfcantl% nfluence! the course of &n!an hstor%" $urng hs rule) the Mughal empre trple! n s1e an! wealth" #e create! a powerful mltar% s%stem an! nsttute! effect/e poltcal an! socal reforms" *% abolshng the sectaran ta, on non4Muslms an! appontng them to hgh c/l an! mltar% posts) he was the frst Mughal ruler to wn the trust an! lo%alt% of the nat/e sub5ects" #e ha! -ans(rt lterature translate!) partcpate! n nat/e fest/als) real1ng that a stable empre !epen!e! on the co4operaton an! goo!4wll of hs sub5ects" 0hus) the foun!atons for a multcultural empre un!er Mughal rule was la! !urng hs regn" '(bar ntro!uce! cons wth !ecorat/e floral motfs) !otte! bor!ers) 2uatrefol an! other t%pes" #s cons were both roun! an! s2uare n shape wth a un2ue 3mehrab3 6lo1enge7 shape con hghlghtng numsmatc callgraph% at ts best" '(bar3s portrat t%pe gol! con 6Mohur7 s generall% attrbute! to hs son) 8rnce -alm 6later Emperor 9ahangr7) who ha! rebelle! an! then sought reconclaton thereafter b% mntng an! presentng hs father wth gol! Mohur3s bearng '(bar3s portrat" 0he tolerant /ew of '(bar s represente! b% the 3:am4-%a3 sl/er con t%pe whle !urng the latter part of '(bar3s regn) we see cons portra%ng the concept of '(bar3s newl% promote! relgon 3$n4e4 lah3 wth the &lah t%pe an! 9alla 9alal4#u t%pe cons" Conquest of Rajputana #a/ng establshe! Mughal rule o/er northern &n!a) '(bar turne! hs attenton to the con2uest of :a5putana" ;o mperal power n &n!a base! on the &n!o4.angetc plans coul! be secure f a r/al centre of power e,ste! on ts flan( n :a5putana"0he Mughals ha! alrea!% establshe! !omnaton o/er parts of northern :a5putana n Mewar) '5mer) an! ;agor";ow) howe/er) '(bar was !etermne! to !r/e nto the heartlan!s of the :a5put (ngs that ha! ne/er pre/ousl% submtte! to the Muslm rulers of the $elh -ultanate" *egnnng n 1561) the Mughals act/el% engage! the :a5puts n warfare an! !plomac%"Most :a5put states accepte! '(bar3s su1erant%< the ruler of Mewar) =!a -ngh) howe/er) remane! outs!e the mperal fol!":a5a =!a -ngh was !escen!e! from the -so!a ruler) :ana -anga) who ha! !e! fghtng *abur at the *attle of +hanwa n 1527"
's the hea! of the -so!a clan) he possesse! the hghest rtual status of all the :a5put (ngs an! cheftans n &n!a" =nless =!a -ngh was re!uce! to submsson) the mperal authort% of the Mughals woul! be lessene! n :a5put e%es" >urthermore) '(bar) at ths earl% pero!) was stll enthusastcall% !e/ote! to the cause of &slam an! sought to mpress the superort% of hs fath o/er the most prestgous warrors n *rahmncal #n!usm" &n 1567) '(bar mo/e! to re!uce the ?httorgarh >ort n Mewar" 0he fortress4captal of Mewar was of great strategc mportance as t la% on the shortest route from 'gra to .u5arat an! was also cons!ere! a (e% to hol!ng the nteror parts of :a5putana" =!a -ngh retre! to the hlls of Mewar) lea/ng two :a5put warrors) 9amal an! 8atta) n charge of the !efense of hs captal" ?httorgarh fell on >ebruar% 156@ after a sege of four months" '(bar ha! the sur//ng !efen!ers massacre! an! ther hea!s !spla%e! upon towers erecte! throughout the regon) n or!er to !emonstrate hs authort%" 0he total loot that fell nto the han!s of the Mughals was !strbute! throughout the empre" #e remane! n ?httorgarh for three !a%s) then returne! to 'gra) where to commemorate the /ctor%) he set up) at the gates of hs fort) statues of 9amal an! 8atta mounte! on elephants" =!a -ngh3s power an! nfluence was bro(en" #e ne/er agan /enture! out hs mountan refuge n Mewar an! '(bar was content to let hm be" 0he fall of ?httorgarh was followe! up b% a Mughal attac( on the :anthambore >ort n 156@" :anthambore was hel! b% the #a!a :a5puts an! repute! to be the most powerful fortress n &n!a" #owe/er) t fell onl% after a couple of months" '(bar was now the master of almost the w hole of :a5putana" Most of the :a5put (ngs ha! submtte! to the Mughals" Onl% the clans of Mewar contnue! to resst" =!a -ngh3s son an! successor) 8ratap -ngh) was later !efeate! b% the Mughals at the *attle of #al!ghat n 1576" #e spent the reman!er of hs lfe n e,le n the 'ra/all hlls" '(bar woul! celebrate hs con2uest of :a5putana b% la%ng the foun!aton of a new captal) 2A mles 6A7 (m7 B"-"B of 'gra n 156C" &t was calle! >atehpur -(r 6Dthe ct% of /ctor%D7"