shocking akbar character.

Originally posted by: BreezeStar

This article is just too extreme. I don't blindly believe anything. I'd rather pick up a book.

TFS😊

books all have potrayed Akbar was great...but all vedhas and shastras say that he was not great...I have read bhavishya purana. chapters...which says he was not great king...he was really cruel and forced all women to sleep with him...and treated them very badly

Originally posted by: spoorthi

books all have potrayed Akbar was great...but all vedhas and shastras say that he was not great...I have read rig vedha. chapters...which says he was not great king...he was really cruel and forced all women to sleep with him...and treated them very badly

if I get the link will definitely post it

Originally posted by: BreezeStar

You do realize Rigveda was written way before Mughal invasion? That's impossible. Vedas and shastras? I hope you are joking.

Originally posted by: spoorthi

books all have potrayed Akbar was great...but all vedhas and shastras say that he was not great...I have read rig vedha. chapters...which says he was not great king...he was really cruel and forced all women to sleep with him...and treated them very badly

if I get the link will definitely post it

Originally posted by: poppy2009

I really want to watch this show, cause I like Rajat Tokas as an actor, but unfortunately for me, I studied Mughal History in college and I simply can't watch this show, without picking out its inaccuracies in every scene!😆 Especially given that Ekta Kapoor is at the helm!

Regarding Akbar...well, he was a very good administrator and an extremely astute politician, who did a lot of good for India at that time. But as a person, he was typical of his times...he was the first Mughal King to have a huge Harem...nearly 5000 women!😕 He was infamous as a womaniser and there are many historical facts to prove that a lot of Hindu women in his harem were forcibly taken.

But at that time, a King was considered the equivalent of God...and it was widely believed that they had divine rights and could do anything to anyone. So while, this might seem blasphemous in today's time and age, I think for his time, Akbar was like any other king with his kind of power and influence.

I think it hurts a lot of hindu, especially Rajput sentiments, to see that Jodha Bai actually fell in love with Akbar, when it is widely documented, that nothing like that happened. The King of Mewar was forced to give his daughter to Akbar, in order to save the lives of his subject. Infact, no one called Jodha Bai is even mentioned in Akbar-Nama...his personal autobiography, nor is her name mentioned in Jahangir's memoirs.

Akbar did marry a Rajput Princess, but she was converted to Islam...though in order to make peace with his hindu subjects, Akbar let his queen practice her own religion after his wedding.

I think this show should be seen as a complete work of fiction with just the names of the characters being derived from history.

PS: There is a great book by Vincent Smith on Akbar...it is considered to be an authority on Akbar's reign and his personality! Read it to get a more accurate account of the kind of man and king that Akbar really was!

Originally posted by: spoorthi

I am not kidding...

no dear...indian history(puranas ) tells it

I really wanted to make post regarding Akbar character but was myself confused as to what his real character is...

its completely different from the books and the grantas(puranas)...I will gather more info and link then post it...

Originally posted by: poppy2009

I really want to watch this show, cause I like Rajat Tokas as an actor, but unfortunately for me, I studied Mughal History in college and I simply can't watch this show, without picking out its inaccuracies in every scene!😆 Especially given that Ekta Kapoor is at the helm!

Regarding Akbar...well, he was a very good administrator and an extremely astute politician, who did a lot of good for India at that time. But as a person, he was typical of his times...he was the first Mughal King to have a huge Harem...nearly 5000 women!😕 He was infamous as a womaniser and there are many historical facts to prove that a lot of Hindu women in his harem were forcibly taken.

But at that time, a King was considered the equivalent of God...and it was widely believed that they had divine rights and could do anything to anyone. So while, this might seem blasphemous in today's time and age, I think for his time, Akbar was like any other king with his kind of power and influence.

I think it hurts a lot of hindu, especially Rajput sentiments, to see that Jodha Bai actually fell in love with Akbar, when it is widely documented, that nothing like that happened. The King of Mewar was forced to give his daughter to Akbar, in order to save the lives of his subject. Infact, no one called Jodha Bai is even mentioned in Akbar-Nama...his personal autobiography, nor is her name mentioned in Jahangir's memoirs.

Akbar did marry a Rajput Princess, but she was converted to Islam...though in order to make peace with his hindu subjects, Akbar let his queen practice her own religion after his wedding.

I think this show should be seen as a complete work of fiction with just the names of the characters being derived from history.

PS: There is a great book by Vincent Smith on Akbar...it is considered to be an authority on Akbar's reign and his personality! Read it to get a more accurate account of the kind of man and king that Akbar really was!