Akbar the Great was one of the greatest rulers of Indian History. He became a hero whose memory is immorialized as a great king in the heart of the people of India. He was a statesman and an administrator of high rank. Akbar who consolidated the empire by following a policy of reconciliation towards all communities. Akbar was an empire builder in the real sense of the term. Akbar appointed the Hindus in general and Rajputs in particular in different posts of power and responsibility. The Rajputs like Sihari Mai, Bhagwan Das, Man Singh and Raja Todar Mai were holding posts of trust and responsibility during his reign. He builts the Ibadatkhana at Fathepur Sikri to conduct religious discussions. Originally the discussion was confined to the Muslim saints only. But Akbar invited the Hindu saints like Prushottam. Devi and Jaina saints like Haravijaya Suri to take part in the religious discussion. The emperor made a benevolent attempt to bring about a synthesis of various conflicting creeds under one religion in order to establish friendly relation between the people of different communities. Akbar was an able administrator. He had divided the empire into a number of Subas or province. Each Subas was under a Subedar. The Subas were sub-divided into Sarkars. The Parganas were the lowest units of administration. The head of the Pangana was known as Shiqdar. The village panchayat carried on the village administration. Akbar had introduced an excellent land revenue system. Todar Mai the revenue minister had introduced this system after a careful survey and classification of the lands. The land revenue to be paid by each cultivator was fixed at 1/ 3rd production of all categories of soil. Akbar was a true nation builder. He was very much interested for the establishment of cordial relation between different groups of peoples. He had tried to bring about a fusion of Hindu and Muslim art and literature. During his region important Sanskrit works were translated in the Persian language and among these the Epics like Ramayana and Mahabharat were most important. There were thirteen Hindu painters in his courts. Akbar had constructed massiva forts at Lahore. Agra and Allahabad. Dr. V. Smith has remarked Akbar was a born king of men with a rightful claim to be one of the mightiest sovereigns known to History. The claim rests securely on his original ideas and magnificent achievements.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 06:21:28 +0000
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