Akbar and His India

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This collection brings together a number of studies on Akbar to present a vivid picture of the polity and culture of India 400-500 years ago. Contents Editorial Note 1 Akbar’s Initial Encounters with the Chiefs: Accident vs. Design in the Process of Subjugation Editorial Note 2 Akbar and the Rajput Principalities: Integration into Empire 3 Akbar’s Annexation of Sind — An Interpretation 4 The Mughal Annexation of Sind — A Diplomatic and Military History 5 Disappearance of Coin Minting in the 1580s?— A Note on the Alf Coins 6 Akbar’s Farmans — A Study in Diplomatic 7 Akbar’s Personality Traits and World Outlook — A Critical Reappraisal 8 Akbar and the Jains 9 Science and Superstition under Akbar and Jahangir:The Observation of Astronomical Phenomena 10 Scientific Concepts in Abu’l Fazl’s A'in-i Akbari 11 Akbar and Technology 12 Painting under Akbar as Narrative Art 13 Revisiting Fatehpur Sikri An Interpretation of Certain Buildings 14 The Image of Akbar as a Patron of Music in Indo-Persian and Vernacular Sources 15 The Perception of India in Akbar and Abu’l Fazl 16 Middle Bengali Literature: A Source for the Study of Bengal in the Age of Akbar 17 The Sikh Movement During the Reign of Akbar 18 Akbar and Portuguese Maritime Dominance 1 A Farmân of Akbar (1558) from the Period of the Regency 2 Three Early Farmans of Akbar, in Favour of Rämdäs, the Master Dyer 3 An Estimate of Revenues of the Deccan Kingdoms, 1591 4 A Dutch Memoir of 1603 on Indian Textiles Reviews Contributors