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Trace the evolution of the religious views of Akbar. Write a note on his policy of Sulh-i-kul.

  • UPSC 2002
  • Akbar

Akbar's religious trajectory was not a sudden conversion but a gradual, phase-wise unfolding that moved from inherited orthodoxy to a personally-arrived-at universalism.

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  • Phase I — Orthodox Inheritance and the Regency Years (1556–73)
  • Phase II — The Ibadat Khana and the Turn to Inquiry (1575–79)
  • Phase III — The Mahzar and the Breach with the Ulama (1579)
  • Phase IV — Crystallization: Tauhid-i-Ilahi, Grants Reform, and Din-i-Ilahi (1581–1605)
  • A Note on Sulh-i-Kul: Content and Administrative Implications
  • Resolution

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