[projectramo]

I feel for the rather confused and well meaning non-subcontinent related people who have waded into a culture war.

In South Asia - especially India — the moghuls are a loaded topic at the moment. There is an extreme right wing government that is focused on a Hindu resurgence (fine) at the expense of non Hindus (not fine), and the central justification is look how badly we were treated in the past. All the moghuls have gone through a lot of revisionism and reassessment (also fine) but it’s all politically motivated to interpret current events (sad).

[srean]

Indeed. This thread is going to be a playground for the shills trying to push the narrative that Hindu's were a pristine white snowflake who did no one any wrong but were subject to the worst miseries.

[keiferski]

Yeah, I discovered Akbar through reading about Persian miniatures, the Mongols, and related topics, and thought he was an interesting historical figure. I didn't realize the Mughals were such a hot-button contemporary political issue.