Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c9.6

c9.6

from private individuals, landholders and petty chiefs. State encouragement is vital to the literary and educational advance of the country, and in the days when the Emperor himself was virtually the State, we can realize the important *rôle* played by him for good or evil in the literary world. It is when we look at the matter from this standpoint that we understand the importance of carefully observing the literary tastes, education and other such traits in the character of the long roll of Muhammadan Invaders and Emperors who came to influence the destiny of India.