1. Akbar the Great and His Religious Policies
... toward religion. His religious policies, however, is the subject of controversies among the historians of the Mughal rule. Diversity of sects and creeds was the source of strife in his kingdom. As a ruler, Akbar needed goodwill of his subjects across the board, in order for him to consolidate the empire. In this regard, he shaped his policies on the principle of ... say that the Sunnis were aggrieved not because the Hindus were tolerated but because they had been elevated from a status of being "obedient to Islam"" to equal partners in the kingdom. It was this that prompted them to deno...
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