Originally posted by: knumnum
1. Does the presence of ladies in the portraits speaks something of women's position in that era?
Abhay, I do think that ladies played a very important role and i dnt think they dedicated their lives to kitchen politics entirely. In fact, I think Ruks and MUZ were powerful ladies to have got such high honor of issuing farmans and after reading ur thread about MUZ, it turns out to be that she is a fine business lady who controlled everything just sitting right in the palace and as for me, she is the first one in the entire history that I have heard to have earned money by herself.
If the show depicts atleast 25% of what MUZ actually achieved, then I would think they have succeeded in bringing out the truth.
2. Also, about the expertise of the painters of those times, that in an illustration of a size comparable to 20x30 cms, they could display such fine scenes, with delicate details.??..👏
Akbar really gave India such beautiful artistic works, but we are so damn unfortunate that we could not save them. And even more unfortunate thing is that our govt or people are not even making an attempt to bring them back to our country😕.
3. Would also like to hear about the destruction / losses of historical treasures at the hands of various agencies..?.?..
As said above, i get so pissed off thinking about the careless attitude that our govt or ppl have about the historical buildings or stuff.
In Sep, wen I visited Taj Mahal, the sight was so depressing. The maintenance sucks big time. And let me not even mention the things tat the indian visitors did thr. There are scratches all over the place on marble with the names and wat not.
Even now, I feel so upset thinking about it. We do not even respect the heritage we have. Foreigners who were there visiting were so respectful, but we indians do not even have the decency that pictures should not be taken inside the mausoleum (this is jus one eg for such an instance).
4. Also, regarding the fight on boats.?? This was interesting.
Yes, this is exciting stuff. If Akbar had a heir who was atleast half smart and intelligent as himself, then I cant imagine what else we would have got as treasures and innovations. But sadly, none of his heirs and grand sons have got that kind of intelligence to take Mughal era to new heights.
Regards,
Krishi
Thanx for sharing your interesting views. I have added my observations
here.😊
Point 1
Well said..!..
Since, your answer is from perspective of the show. So, i am responding in similar manner. As you mentioned
MUZ controlling many affairs, right from palace. Yes, royal ladies need NOT go out and settle/negotiate the deals/business themselves, barring few exceptional events. They ran the
trade through a well-developed network of people. Infact, it was a very
hierarchical and complicated activity. Not so simple as it sounds.
Also,
MUZ did not earned money
ONLY for herself. She is reported to have been involved in
public welfare works, promoting
education, etc. apart from
Ship business and
managing Haj pilgrims, to name a few. Will add details when i get the references.😊
Point 2
One of the biggest contributions of Akbar to Hindustan was the
peculiar artistic flavour which developed in his times. Regarding our government, i feel they are trying(though need to step up the efforts) to get back some of these historical treasures back, but thanx to
red-tapism and
bottlenecks in our bureaucratic culture, it seems things are moving at a turtle-pace. Though, recent issue of getting some idols back from abroad, which were stolen from South Indian temples has gained prominence. Govt. also formed a team of experts from CBI and other agencies to investigate the matter. Lets see, how this proceeds.!. For a change, issues are progressing..!
Point 3
I agree to this. This is the state of majority here.
Point 4
No doubt on intelligence of Akbar, but if you talk about innovations of his son
Jahangir, then he was also a good "
innovator". Many remarkable observations are credited to him also, though they are not on political front mainly. Some are mentioned in Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri also. If you want will add some points later, which are very common.😊 All on all, they had achievements but they were
NOT Akbar for he was the ONLY one who 'LateR' transformed into the Insan-e-Kamil. Also, regarding the
intelligence of Akbar, i would say it was due to Akbar's policies, that Mughal Empire could flourish for so long. He prepared the
ground for the Empire.
Abu'l Fazl records that, as Akbar inherited the
visionary blood of Hamida Bano Begum's great grandfather, who was a Seer, and so, he had the
RARE ability to
turn his
adversities into his strengths.
About the
same vision Abu'l Fazl mentions that
Akbar's marriage with the princess of Amer(HK/MUZ), was
due to the DIVINE vision, Akbar had in Ajmer Sharif. (Did you notice this in the show.?.)
Edited by history_geek - 11 years ago
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