Akbar’s navratnas were nine extraordinary minds who shaped one of India’s most intellectually vibrant courts. From poets and ...

Trace the Mughal conquest of India. Review the basic tenets of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Islam, Jainism, and Christianity. Understand Akbar's vision of a universal religion. Using new weaponry, the ...

The story of Akbar’s grandeur will be incomplete if we don’t mention the names of his navratnas. The navratnas of Akbar were as follows: Raja Birbal, Miyan Tansen, Abul Fazal, Faizi, Raja Man Singh, ...

Ira Mukhoty; and (above) Akbar in conversation with Jesuit missionaries, in a 16th century Mughal School miniature painting.(Photo: Getty Images) Do we need yet another book on a great Mughal? When I ...

Emperor Akbar, the third and most celebrated ruler of the Mughal dynasty, is known for his achievements in art, culture, administration, and religious tolerance. But did you know that he also had a ...

When the poet Kaveh Akbar was a young child, his father taught him to recite Muslim prayers in Arabic, a language Akbar didn’t understand, and which his family spoke only during worship. Mimicking ...