Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c18.s2.7

c18.s2.7

Though Shāh Jahān’s reign may not be distinguished for any special educational progress, yet Bernier’s statement does not seem to express the real state of things. That he was by no means a reactionary is proved by the fact that all the educational institutions, with their rich endowments made by the previous Emperors, nobles and private gentlemen, continued in unabated prosperity in his time. On the other hand, to Shāh Jahān is traced a distinct and important contribution to educational works, viz. the foundation of an Imperial College at Delhi in the vicinity of the famous Jāmi’ Masjid. As recorded by Carr Stephen—