Social Sciences and History / Unit 6 SSH 0501 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Akbar's Synthesis and Aurangzeb's Reversal
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The idea
Babur founded the Mughal Empire; his grandson Akbar forged a culture joining Indian and Persian, Hindu and Muslim, and took Gujarat, heart of Indian Ocean trade. Aurangzeb attempted Islamic revival, intolerant of Hindus, and the empire weakened against the Marathas.
In practice
Sikhism founded in the Punjab in the fifteenth century.
Where people slip
Northern states broke free and allied with Britain instead.
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