Akbar's Rockets

Hi friends,

intersting info...

i nvr thought thy wer this much advance..
thnx fr sharing donjas..

Originally posted by: lovespari

intersting info...

i nvr thought thy wer this much advance..
thnx fr sharing donjas..

Donnas one reason why the Portuguese and Dutch and other external forces could not foray into the land of Hindustan during this period was because Akbar was superior and supreme on land. And had he lived for some more years he may have created a naval force as well. He had already started working on ships and boats but couldn't complete.

Originally posted by: Donjas

It has surprised me too. It changes everything. We think of that time as the 'Bow and Sword' period, it is so back in time that it is lost in history. The battle scenes in serials like JA and MP, and movies like Mughal e Azam and Jodha Akbar has given us a mental picture of how war was fought in that era.

That mental picture is wrong, the reality is that war in that era would look much more modern and devastating. Rockets, hand guns, elephants with cannons, long range artillery and explosives, was the way Akbar's army fought, and maybe others too in that period.

Archers and sword wielding infantry or horse mounted sword men was only a small part of the entire military force.

Originally posted by: adiana12

Donnas one reason why the Portuguese and Dutch and other external forces could not foray into the land of Hindustan during this period was because Akbar was superior and supreme on land. And had he lived for some more years he may have created a naval force as well. He had already started working on ships and boats but couldn't complete.

I think too, in the episode, the narrator calls Akbar a military innovator. He was always on the lookout for new and improved methods, not only in war, but also in administration, in architecture, in religion and social sphere. As you say he was looking at the navy too. I would love to read more about it.

The greatest tragedy of India was that Aurangzeb became Emperor and not Dara Shikhon. That event put back progress by 200 years and destroyed social unity. If you compare it to a relay race, then Akbar did all the hard work, but that last runner undid everything by his stupidity.

Originally posted by: Donjas

I think too, in the episode, the narrator calls Akbar a military innovator. He was always on the lookout for new and improved methods, not only in war, but also in administration, in architecture, in religion and social sphere. As you say he was looking at the navy too. I would love to read more about it.

The greatest tragedy of India was that Aurangzeb became Emperor and not Dara Shikhon. That event put back progress by 200 years and destroyed social unity. If you compare it to a relay race, then Akbar did all the hard work, but that last runner undid everything by his stupidity.

well said donjas...n the Lst two lines r vry true...only due to him all his effrts n hrdwrk fr country unity n secularism are in vain n again today evryone in this country are against echothr n ready to kill echothr on the name of religion...

Tks Alot For Sharing Dear

thnx donjas fr d info really interesting 2 knw dat evn sum 500 yrs bk we were much more advcned in d war techniques... 😊

Thanks for sharing Donjas.