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Mahabharata translated into Persian. Some of the
important poets during his rule were
Vallabhacharya , Keshavadasa Rahim Tulsidas and
,
,
Surdas . The works of these great poets continue to
fascinate us even today.
Tansen was a courtier of Akbar and was a great
musician. He fused the Persian and Indian styles of
music and developed new ragas, the important of
them are raga darbari and raga deepak . The ragas
are sung at different times of the day.
Panch Mahal
Literature and Music : Akbar had a library of his From the above discussion, we can see that Akbar
own. His court had two great scholars— Abul Fazl was a great king who ruled justly. His place in
and Faizi . Abul Fazl wrote his biography history is equal to Ashoka the Great of the ancient
Akbarnama. He also got the Ramayana and the period. Therefore, we call him Akbar the Great.

v The Mughal administration was a fusion of Indian and central Asian policies.
v The Mughal rulers attended the diwan-i-khas and diwan-i-aam during the course of their royal court.

v The central administration was headed by the emperor assisted by a number of officers.
v Land revenue was the chief source of income for the Mughal empire.
v India made great progress in art, architecture, literature and music.
v The royal court had the orthodox and the liberal people who influenced decisions at different times.
v The relations of the Mughal rulers with other rulers and countries varied depending upon the need.

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. Tansen was a courtier of ______________ .
(a) Tulsidas (b) Humayun (c) Akbar

2. All Mughal emperors were fond of ______________ .
(a) music (b) literature (c) none of these
3. The Mughal empire was divided into ______________ .
(a) parganas (b) sarkars (c) subas

4. Land revenue was the ______________ income for the empire.
(a) largest (b) smallest (c) both of these
5. The Mughals encourged ______________ trade with countries and kingdoms.
(a) overland (b) overseas (c) both of these
6. ______________ is the hall where the Mughal emperor meet the common people.
(a) diwan-i-khas (b) diwan-i-aam (c) none of these

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