Among the wise monarchs in the history of the world, the monarch today is one of the most enlightened monarchs in India, and under the reforms he presided over, the Mughal Empire he ruled gradually entered a period of great power. His name was Akbar the Great.
The third emperor of the Mughal Empire was Akbar the Great. He was the grandson of Babur, and Abak was the meaning of greatness. Abak was a great monarch in Indian history, comparable to Ashoka. During his reign, the Mughal Empire expanded continuously, and by the time of his death, the territory of the Mughal Empire stretched from the Brahmaputra River in the east to the upper Reaches of the Gothawali River in the south, from Khor in the west to Kashmir in the north, becoming an unprecedented empire in the history of India.
In 1566, shortly after the 14-year-old Akbar ascended the throne, the former Sur nobles Adilsha and Hemu led an army of 30,000 and 1,500 war elephants in an attempt to restore the Sur dynasty.
The Mughal army was defeated, and the important cities of Agra and Delhi fell one after another. Not content with defeat, Akbar and Prime Minister Pyram Khan immediately led 20,000 cavalry to counterattack Delhi, and the two armies fought a decisive battle.
At first, Himmu relied on superior troops and numerous war elephants to gain the upper hand, and the Mughal army was gradually defeated. Akbar and Pelam Khan immediately adjusted their tactics, sending large armies back to the Sur flanks to attack, containing the enemy's advance, while leading the main force to counterattack, creating confusion for the Surs. In order to deal with the Sur war elephants, Akbar commanded the warriors to fire cannons at the war elephants and ordered the archers to shoot rockets. This tactic was indeed effective, the war elephants were afraid of fire, and when they saw artillery fire and rockets, they only ran around, did not listen to the command at all, and the enemy's formation was in chaos.
Akbar took the opportunity to order an attack, killing two of Hismu's generals. In order to reverse the unfavorable battle situation, Ximu personally counterattacked, Akbar bent his bow and arrow, "whizzed", the bow and arrow shot in Ximu's eyes, Ximu screamed bitterly, fell to the ground and died.
When the Soviet army saw that the commander was killed in battle, they suddenly lost all morale, threw down their weapons and fled around, and the Mughal army took the opportunity to pursue and won the final victory. Through this battle, the Mughals completely defeated the Surs, and the Mughal Empire established its rule over India and began its external expansion.
Abak was only 14 years old when he ascended the throne, and the power of the government was completely in the hands of Prime Minister Perram Khan. Prime Minister Perram Khan considered Akbar to be a small child, did not take him seriously, used the power in his hands, nepotism, ostracized dissidents, and even executed Akbar's friends and attempted to usurp the throne.
At the age of 18, Akbar could no longer tolerate the flying Pelam Khan, ordered him to be executed, and personally controlled the government.
After the Abaq conquest, some nobles were very dissatisfied and launched rebellions in various places, seriously threatening Akbar's throne and the stability of the country. Abak personally led the army to suppress it, and finally quelled the rebellion and consolidated his throne. To warn the rebels, he ordered that the skulls of two thousand rebels be built into a creepy bone tower.
India is a multi-religious country, with most of the civilian population believing in Hinduism, in addition to many other religions. Akbar declared religious freedom and equality among all religions, appointing many Hindus as officials and marrying the daughter of a Hindu nobleman as queen.
In order to eradicate religious conflicts, in 1581 Akbar himself created a religion, the "Holy Religion". Akbar is the head of this religion, and the holy believers all chant "Akbar" when they meet. The Holy Religion has no temples, nor does it need to pray, but it only requires more good deeds and animals to be loved. Although this religion is not popular, it alleviates the contradictions of Indian religions.
Akbar abhors some of the stereotypes and bad habits of society and repeatedly orders corrections. At that time, there was a very barbaric and cruel custom in India that the husband died and the wife had to jump into the fire and be buried, which of course was also within the scope of Akbar's prohibition.
Once, an official reported to him: "Your Majesty, the wife of the late Governor of Bengal is going to be buried tomorrow by jumping into the fire!" "Akbar knew that the wife of the Governor of Bengal was a very intelligent and capable woman, that she would never jump into the fire and be buried, that she must have been forcing her.
The next day, Akbar arrived early with his bodyguards at the home of the Governor of Bengal. By this time the courtyard was on fire, and there were people standing around, and a woman in a gorgeous dress was crying.
Akbar walked up to the governor's wife and asked, "Did you jump the fire voluntarily?" The Governor's wife shook her head and said, "No, Your Majesty! It was my husband's brother who forced me to be buried, and he was afraid that I would divide my husband's property. ”
"Ahem!" Akbar snorted coldly and glared at the Governor's brother, who was on his knees and trembling with fear. Akbar shouted to those present: "Now I order that from now on, whoever forces a widow to jump on the fire and be buried will be executed!" ”
All those present echoed in unison, hurriedly extinguished the fire, and helped the governor's wife into the house.
Under the wise Akbar rule, the Mughal Empire grew stronger.