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Please read the whole history instead of distorted version propagated by Neo nazi style administration in current India, which likes to distort India history to
by dragonsh 6y ago
Please read the whole history instead of distorted version propagated by Neo nazi style administration in current India, which likes to distort India history to fit their own narratives. Mughals were descendants of and influenced by Mongolian and Persian [0] culture which established one of the most advanced and tolerant system of administration much before Greeks starting from 530BC. British were interested in India due to its prosperity in Mughal period as Akbar had trade relations with Europe and Middle East.
From an article [1][2]:
“Although the Mughal empire was created and sustained by military warfare,[17][18][19] it did not vigorously suppress the cultures and peoples it came to rule; rather it equalized and placated them through new administrative practices,[20][21] and diverse ruling elites, leading to more efficient, centralised, and standardized rule.[22]”
“To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar established a centralised system of administration throughout his empire and adopted a policy of conciliating conquered rulers through marriage and diplomacy. To preserve peace and order in a religiously and culturally diverse empire, he adopted policies that won him the support of his non-Muslim subjects. Eschewing tribal bonds and Islamic state identity, Akbar strove to unite far-flung lands of his realm through loyalty, expressed through an Indo-Persian culture, to himself as an emperor.
Mughal India developed a strong and stable economy, leading to commercial expansion and greater patronage of culture. Akbar himself was a patron of art and culture. He was fond of literature, and created a library of over 24,000 volumes written in Sanskrit, Urdu, Persian, Greek, Latin, Arabic and Kashmiri, staffed by many scholars, translators, artists, calligraphers, scribes, bookbinders and readers. He did much of the cataloging himself through three main groupings.”
[0] https://www.google.com.hk/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/ancient-middle-east/persian-empire https://www.google.com.hk/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/...
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar
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- haltingproblem 6y agoI gave specific instances and their citations for the claims I made. You refuse to refute them and instead resort to name calling, Neo-Nazi? Really? You are welcome to think that rulers who murdered civilians, razed temples, smashed idols, shrank the economy were tolerant and ushered in a golden age instead of being fanatical barbarians.
- dragonsh 6y ago> You claims are refuted by the specific instances and their citations that I gave Your links are some private opinion and blogs without any significant archeological evidence supported by extensive research as good as pseudo history. But you aptly described the modern administration at present in India, which is known for all the barbaric acts you claim in modern times. Razing a place of worship [1], prosecution of minority and low caste group [2] [3] [4] [5]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/1992/dec/07/india.derekbrown https://www.theguardian.com/world/1992/dec/07/india.derekbro... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/mar/14/new-india-gujarat-massacre https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/mar/14/new-in... [3] https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2019/03/20/report-christian-persecution-in-india-jumps-by-57-in-2019/ https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2019/03/20/report-christian-p... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Unnao_rape_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Unnao_rape_case [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Hathras_gang_rape_and_murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Hathras_gang_rape_and_mur...
- haltingproblem 6y agoThose links cite primary sources which are actual orders - firnamas - issued by Mughal rulers for demolishing temples, slaughtering priests etc. This is Aurangzeb's order burying hundreds of idols below the Jama Majsid [1]. These edicts preserved in museums throughout India. History is done, through primary sources not quoting your favorite secondary sources or top level wikipedia articles. As a Buddhist, whose traditions were destroyed, this level of Holocaust denial is mind-numbing. I didn't understand the reason behind the refusal to acknowledge the Holocaust visited by the Turkmen Islamic invaders (not Persian!!) upon the Indic traditions. Millennia old traditions wiped out, monasteries burnt and traces of whole civilizations erased. But I now realize there is something primal in Human nature which wants to bury Holocausts like the ones inflicted upon the Jews in Europe, the Armenian genocide, the Congo Holocaust. It allows us to pretend human nature is benign and nurturing. Your denial of the Mughal/Turkmen atrocities is just another facet of that human nature. [1] https://twitter.com/VertigoWarrior/status/1315211390311755776 https://twitter.com/VertigoWarrior/status/131521139031175577...