Akbar: New Policies for Shifting Contexts

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Main Authors: Dalrymple, Sam, Bharti, Sushant
Format: Recurso digital
Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2026
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author Dalrymple, Sam
Bharti, Sushant
author_facet Dalrymple, Sam
Bharti, Sushant
contents <div class="body isOpen pb-4 mr-0 row"> <div class="description col-lg-6"> <p>This essay traces the proliferation of temple construction during Akbar’s reign, situating it within his messianic project of sulh-i kull and his positioning as a “millennial sovereign.” The authors examine architectural innovations emerging from Braj as products of a unique synthesis of Kalinga, Bengali, Oriya and Mughal building vocabularies. They also trace Akbar’s patronage of Jain institutions through his relationship with Hiravijaya Suri, and the theological role of scholars like Narayan Bhatt in legitimising the rebuilding of desecrated sites in Banaras.</p> </div> </div> <div class="body isOpen pb-4 row"> <div class="order-lg-2 cart-info ml-lg-auto col-lg-6"> <div class="d-flex action text-lg-center mb-3 article-price"> </div> </div> </div>
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spellingShingle Akbar: New Policies for Shifting Contexts
Dalrymple, Sam
Bharti, Sushant
<div class="body isOpen pb-4 mr-0 row"> <div class="description col-lg-6"> <p>This essay traces the proliferation of temple construction during Akbar’s reign, situating it within his messianic project of sulh-i kull and his positioning as a “millennial sovereign.” The authors examine architectural innovations emerging from Braj as products of a unique synthesis of Kalinga, Bengali, Oriya and Mughal building vocabularies. They also trace Akbar’s patronage of Jain institutions through his relationship with Hiravijaya Suri, and the theological role of scholars like Narayan Bhatt in legitimising the rebuilding of desecrated sites in Banaras.</p> </div> </div> <div class="body isOpen pb-4 row"> <div class="order-lg-2 cart-info ml-lg-auto col-lg-6"> <div class="d-flex action text-lg-center mb-3 article-price"> </div> </div> </div>
title Akbar: New Policies for Shifting Contexts
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20023711