Audrey TruschkeQuestions for today on (mainly because I've been reading about him recently): Akbar. Let's do it--I'll take the first five.
Chandrima Das@audreytruschke What's the story behind Akbar coming with his own religion? Was it an attempt to create a new, uniform culture for ease of governance?
@hackiechan I'm so glad you asked.
The din-i ilahi has long been portrayed in popular culture as a new religion invented by Akbar religion, but it was not. Scholars are in pretty solid agreement that this was a discipleship program meant to bind intimidates to the king. It perhaps never exceed a dozen or so members. It involved some ethical precepts but was really about imperial authority.
@audreytruschke Ahh! Interesting. That's some major myth-busting.
So could it be called an indoctrination, conditioning program to ensure loyalty from his key advisers? Or maybe develop a uniform value system/ code of ethics among them? Or something more like the freemasons or maybe the Illuminati?
So could it be called an indoctrination, conditioning program to ensure loyalty from his key advisers? Or maybe develop a uniform value system/ code of ethics among them? Or something more like the freemasons or maybe the Illuminati?