Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c17.168

c17.168

Akbar used to encourage the learned by giving them rewards and stipends. When he conquered Kashmīr, he showed some learned men of Kashmīr this liberality.² His fame spread far and wide throughout his dominions for his literary encouragement in various ways, for which he was revered not only by the Muhammadans, but also by men of other persuasions. To quote an instance: Madhavāchāryya, a Bengali poet of Triveṇī, contemporary with the Emperor, speaks of him in his *Chaṇḍī-Maṅgal* in terms of very high regard.³