Akbar's marriage with Hindu princess Heer Kunwari/Harkha Bai produced important positive effects on both on his personal rule of life and on his public policy.[74][75][76][77] She was also known as Akbar's first and last love - The custom of Hindu rulers offering their daughters for marriage to Muslim rulers, though not common, had been prevalent in the country for several centuries. Yet Akbar's marriage to princess of Amber/Amer is significant, as an early indication of his evolving policy of religious eclecticism.[78] The marriage with the Amer princess secured the powerful support of her family throughout the reign, and offered a proof manifest to all the world that Akbar had decided to be the Badshah or Shahenshah of his whole people i.e. Hindus as well as Muslims.[74]
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