Term Papers on Delhi/Agra/Fatehpur Sikri

Term Paper Title	Delhi/Agra/Fatehpur Sikri
# of Words	1015
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Delhi/Agra/Fatehpur Sikri

            There are many reasons why the people of northern India can be proud of their city. The Mughal Empire was one of the largest centralized states known in pre-modern world history. For nearly one hundred and seventy years (1556-1719) the Mughal Empire remained a dynamic, centralized, complex organization.

            First, a little background information of the Mughals, the people of northern India, the people’s religion and their ruler. The Mughals were Muslims from Persia and Afghanistan whom invaded India from the north. The great ruler, Akbar, was born in the city of Delhi, but, moved to Agra. This is when the Empire of Agra began.

            When Akbar moved to Agra in 1565, he built a fortress which was called Lal Qila which means Red Fort. They called it the Red Fort because of the colour the bricks that were used to construct the fortress. It took eight years to build with the help of about four thousand people. Inside were private and public apartments and there’s a hall call the Diwan-i-am used for public audiences (Red Fort). What was interesting of the hall were that some parts of the hall were hand made carvings from Italy (Red Fort). The City of Agra was established in 1566 and it began the center of culture and scholarship. (Agra)

            In 1580, a Jesuit man, Father Manserrate, had visited Agra. He mentions the mild climate, fertile soil, the great river, beautiful gardens, and it’s fame that spread to the end of the earth, and large size. What Father Manserrate meant is that Agra had most necessities and conveniences of human life that can be obtained here. Not only did they have the necessities of life, but the population had a lot of artisans, iron-workers and gold smiths. It was also a rich city because of the large amounts of gold and silver in the area.

Babar, the son great grandson of Tamerlane, came to India and invaded Northern India from Ibrahim Lodi the last head of the Dehli Sultanate (Robinson). After the inavasion he had established the Mughal Empire in India (Robinson). Babar was succeeded by his son Humayun whose son was Akbar (Robinson). Akbar was the third Mughal emperor of India but, he was considered to be the true founder of the Mughal Empire (Robinson). His empire had expanded as far west as Afghanistan, and south as far as the Godavari River(Robinson). He was a kind man who was kind to the poor and cared about justice. Not only did he respect all people, but also different faiths and religions. He also had started a new faith which was a mix of Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Jainism and other faiths; this was called Din-i-Ilahi(Robinson). Being an Emperor he had owned many things such as animals like horses and elephants. The Mughal Empire was ruled for more than 300 years except during 1540-155 because of the period of the Sur sultans (Mughal Empire). The empire had gone away for 150 years from 1556 to 1707 under Akbar and his successors were Jahangir, Shah ...

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