History of India: ancient and medieval / The Mughal empire
Akbar: expansion, religion and court
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Bairam Khan regency, Chittor and Ranthambore, Gujarat, Bengal; Rajput alliances and Man Singh
- Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri (1575): hall for discussions with scholars of various religions
- Mahzar (1579), sulh-i-kul, Din-i-Ilahi (Tauhid-i-Ilahi), abolition of pilgrim tax and jizya
- Maktab Khana translations: Razmnama, Ramayana, Yogavasistha (Nizamuddin Panipati), Atharvaveda
- Abul Fazl (Akbarnama, Ain-i-Akbari), Badauni, Todar Mal, Tansen and the navaratnas