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than eight thousand Rajput soldiers were killed in Asian countries and China. In the north and north-
battle and women committed jauhar . The Mughal west, he conquered Kashmir, Sindh, Odisha,
army entered the fort and crushed about thirty Central India and Kandahar (now in Afghanistan).
thousand peasants under war elephants. These In the Deccan, he brought Berar, Khandesh and
peasants had taken refuge in the fort. parts of Ahmednagar under his control. Thus, the
whole of northern India had come under Akbar’s
Of course, Rana Pratap was
control by 1595.
a proud king. He did not
surrender. He continued to His vast empire extended from the Hindukush in
harass the Mughal forces the west to the Brahmaputra in the east, and from
by his tactics of guerilla the Himalayas in the north to the Godavari in the
warfare. He regained a south.
major part of his kingdom
Akbar built the town of Fatehpur Sikri near Agra
in 1579 when Akbar was Rana Pratap and made it his capital. This place has a number
busy in the east.
of marvellous buildings. We shall learn about
Akbar built a vast empire. He then conquered them later.
Gujarat in the west, and Bengal and parts of
Akbar not only brought a larger part of India under
Odisha in the east. Authority over Gujarat helped his control, but also administered it well. He was
him have fertile land of Gujarat under his control, a tolerant king who wanted the people of all
as well as the overseas trade with the Arabs and
religions to live peacefully. We shall learn more
the Europeans. The control over Bengal gave him about him in the next lesson.
access to seaports so as to trade with south-east
Akbar was not a very contented man
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OLYGA the dearth of Akbar
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Madurai Boundary 1605, Prince Salim took the name of
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Map of India under Akbar (1605 AD) father’s life time and gained
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