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  • 5 - Sixteenth-Century North India: Empire Reformulated

  • Catherine B. Asher, University of Minnesota, Cynthia Talbot, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book:
    India before Europe
    Published online:
    15 September 2022
    Print publication:
    08 September 2022, pp 136-186

  • Summary

    Chapter five begins with the ousting of the Lodi dynasty by Babur, the first Mughal, and continues to his son Humayun’s reign. Sher Shah Sur, an Indo-Afghan warlord, briefly seized control from Humayun instituting several administrative practices that the Mughals adopted. After surveying Akbar’s military conquests and alliances, we consider how Akbar’s concept of state evolved and its impact on politics and policies regarding India’s multicultural, multiethnic population. We then analyze how these policies affected cultural production, arguing that the use of specific languages and the production of art and architecture were part of a carefully planned political campaign. The chapter ends with an exploration of the political careers and artistic patronage of two top nobles at Akbar’s court.