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Early Modern India

The document discusses the rise of the Mughal Empire in northern India in the early 16th century. It overcame local rulers through new administrative practices and diverse ruling elites, leading to more systematic rule. The Mughal state's economic policies taxing agriculture and using silver currency caused peasants and artisans to enter larger markets, fueling economic expansion and greater patronage of the arts.

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Early Modern India

The document discusses the rise of the Mughal Empire in northern India in the early 16th century. It overcame local rulers through new administrative practices and diverse ruling elites, leading to more systematic rule. The Mughal state's economic policies taxing agriculture and using silver currency caused peasants and artisans to enter larger markets, fueling economic expansion and greater patronage of the arts.

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In the early 16th century, northern India, then under mainly Muslim rulers, [108] fell again to the superior

mobility and firepower of a new generation of Central Asian warriors. [109] The resulting Mughal
Empire did not stamp out the local societies it came to rule. Instead, it balanced and pacified them
through new administrative practices[110][111] and diverse and inclusive ruling elites,[112] leading to more
systematic, centralised, and uniform rule.[113] 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.[112] The Mughal state's economic
policies, deriving most revenues from agriculture [114] and mandating that taxes be paid in the well-
regulated silver currency,[115] caused peasants and artisans to enter larger markets. [113] The relative
peace maintained by the empire during much of the 17th century was a factor in India's economic
expansion,[113] resulting in greater patronage of painting, literary forms, textiles, and architecture.
[116]
 Newly coherent social groups in northern and western India, such as the Marathas, the Rajputs,
and the Sikhs, gained military and governing ambitions during Mughal rule, which, through
collaboration or adversity, gave them both recognition and military experience. [117] Expanding
commerce during Mughal rule gave rise to new Indian commercial and political elites along the
coasts of southern and eastern India.[117] As the empire disintegrated, many among these elites were
able to seek and control their own affairs.[118]

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