The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.46
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.46
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The independence of Bengal was now finally extinguished. We may lament the defeat of the gallant Rānā and the misfortunes which befel his land of heroes, but no such sentiment is aroused by the extinction of Afghān dominion in Bengal, and the substitution of Akbar’s milder and more sympathetic rule. The Afghāns were illiberal tyrants, either bigots or debauchees, without a spark of feeling for those subjected to their sway.