Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c17.32

c17.32

(i.e. Rodolpho Aquaviva ¹), a missionary from Goa, who by his intelligence and learning occupied a very high place among the Christian doctors, came there to "try a fall" with the Indian savants in an intellectual wrestle. The Emperor was very liberal in his views, and always kept his mind open to any new light that any man, irrespective of his creed or nationality, might bring. This is manifested not only by the admittance of the heterogeneous assembly into the hall to take part in the debate, but also by many other acts of the Emperor. The missionaries of Europe, for instance, came to him and advanced proofs of the truth of their religious principles. The King ordered Prince Murād to learn a few lessons from the Gospel and treat it with due respect, and directed Abul Faẓl to translate it.²