Early modern India
In the early 16th century, northern India, being then under mainly Muslim rulers,[64]
fell again to
the superior mobility and firepower of a new generation of Central Asian warriors.[65]
The
resulting Mughal Empire did not stamp out the...
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Early modern India
In the early 16th century, northern India, being then under mainly Muslim rulers,[64]
fell again to
the superior mobility and firepower of a new generation of Central Asian warriors.[65]
The
resulting Mughal Empire did not stamp out the local societies it came to rule, but rather
balanced and pacified them through new administrative practices[66][67]
and diverse and inclusive
ruling elites,[68]
leading to more systematic, centralised, and uniform rule.[69]
Eschewing tribal
bonds and Islamic identity, especially under Akbar, the Mughals united their far-flung realms
through loyalty, expressed through a Persianised culture, to an emperor who had near-divine
status.[68]
The Mughal state's economic policies, deriving most revenues from agriculture[70]
and
mandating that taxes be paid in the well-regulated silver currency,[71]
caused peasants and
artisans to enter larger markets.[69]
The relative peace maintained by the empire during much of
the 17th century was a factor
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