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Akbar the Great was the third Mughal Emperor of India. He ascended the throne in 1566 after the death of his father Humayun. During his reign, he expanded the Mughal Empire to cover most of northern and central India. Akbar solidified his rule by pursuing diplomacy with the Hindu Rajput caste and marrying Rajput princesses. He was also a great patron of art and architecture, encouraging both the Mughal and European styles of painting. While initially intolerant of other religions, he later exercised tolerance by rolling back some strict Islamic laws and including Hindus, Jains, Zoroastrians, and Christians in his administration.

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Akber

Akbar the Great was the third Mughal Emperor of India. He ascended the throne in 1566 after the death of his father Humayun. During his reign, he expanded the Mughal Empire to cover most of northern and central India. Akbar solidified his rule by pursuing diplomacy with the Hindu Rajput caste and marrying Rajput princesses. He was also a great patron of art and architecture, encouraging both the Mughal and European styles of painting. While initially intolerant of other religions, he later exercised tolerance by rolling back some strict Islamic laws and including Hindus, Jains, Zoroastrians, and Christians in his administration.

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Akbar a|so known as Shahanshah AkbareAzam or Akbar the Great was the th|rd Mugha| Lmperor

ne was the son of Lmperor numayun and the grandson of the memorab|e Mugha| Lmperor
2aheerudd|n Muhammad 8abur the ru|er who founded the Mugha| dynasty |n Ind|a At the end of h|s
re|gn |n 160S the Mugha| emp|re covered most of the northern and centra| Ind|a
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murals 8esldes encouraglng Lhe developmenL of Lhe Mughal school he also paLronlsed Lhe Luropean
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oLher rellglons buL laLer exerclsed Lolerance Lowards nonlslamlc falLhs by rolllng back some of Lhe sLrlcL
sharla laws91011 Pls admlnlsLraLlon lncluded numerous Plndu landlords courLlers and mlllLary
generals Pe began a serles of rellglous debaLes where Musllm scholars would debaLe rellglous maLLers
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and money for Lhe mosques buL Lhe llsL of Lhe reclplenLs lncluded a huge number Plndu Lemples ln
norLh and cenLral lndla ChrlsLlan churches ln Coa and a land granL Lo Lhe newly born Slkh falLh for Lhe
consLrucLlon of a place of worshlp 1he famous Colden 1emple ln AmrlLsar un[ab ls consLrucLed on Lhe
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