History of The Mughal Empire - Explained in 11 minutes

[Iltutmish]

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not the best summary out there.many erroneous observations

 

[Kambojaric]

not the best summary out there.many erroneous observations

True although to be frank I was hardly expecting anything else. Aurangzebs depiction as the ultimate bigot is perhaps the most obvious give away of only a basic reading of Mughal history. He had more Hindu mansabdars than the previous rulers and the number of temples he destroyed have been exaggerated not to mention the reasons they were raised have been misrepresented. Mainstream scholars are challenging this narrative as well nowadays a notable example being Audrey Truschke in her "Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth".

 

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True although to be frank I was hardly expecting anything else. Aurangzebs depiction as the ultimate bigot is perhaps the most obvious give away of only a basic reading of Mughal history. He had more Hindu mansabdars than the previous rulers and the number of temples he destroyed have been exaggerated not to mention the reasons they were raised have been misrepresented. Mainstream scholars are challenging this narrative as well nowadays a notable example being Audrey Truschke in her "Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth".

Not just that the clip fails to explain the high level roles Sher Shahe Suri had within the Mughal empire. It was more of a coup than starting his own dynasty.

Sikhs remained peaceful in Jahangirs time even though Guru Arjun was killed for supporitng jahangirs rebellious child Khusrau.

Maratha was never an empire in itself like explained in the video. It was a confederacy..The Maratha kings often had conflicts among themselves and had quite a different view on how to deal with the impending situation.Brits took advantage of that.

 

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True although to be frank I was hardly expecting anything else. Aurangzebs depiction as the ultimate bigot is perhaps the most obvious give away of only a basic reading of Mughal history. He had more Hindu mansabdars than the previous rulers and the number of temples he destroyed have been exaggerated not to mention the reasons they were raised have been misrepresented. Mainstream scholars are challenging this narrative as well nowadays a notable example being Audrey Truschke in her "Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth".

I think that it were the british and western scholarship which was hell bent on vilifying the mughals and the rest of the muslim kingdoms in india (for which they felt the need after taking over from the muslims) which they are trying to revise after not being in control of india any long.

The present intention of the western scholars and their motives remain unclear, they seem to be legitimizing the muslim rulers on one hand but delegitimizing the indian pre islamic history on the other for instance date of buddha (massive revisionism from traditional 550 BC to 400 BC) not to mention the aryan migration narrative (not being revised based on archaeological discoveries), extent of maurya empire (shrinking the extent), the mughals and their culture being declared foreign persian or turkic (despite recent research may also debunk that), the gandhara being declared as extension of greek influence (narrative being challenged by many recent scholars) so on and so forth.

 

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I think that it were the british and western scholarship which was hell bent on vilifying the mughals and the rest of the muslim kingdoms in india (for which they felt the need after taking over from the muslims) which they are trying to revise after not being in control of india any long.

The present intention of the western scholars and their motives remain unclear, they seem to be legitimizing the muslim rulers on one hand but delegitimizing the indian pre islamic history on the other for instance date of buddha (massive revisionism from traditional 550 BC to 400 BC) not to mention the aryan migration narrative (not being revised based on archaeological discoveries), extent of maurya empire (shrinking the extent), the mughals and their culture being declared foreign persian or turkic (despite recent research may also debunk that), the gandhara being declared as extension of greek influence (narrative being challenged by many recent scholars) so on and so forth.

Asoka was a mythical figure

Dont troll.Stay on the topic.