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Emperor tried to follow them personally, and some other persons, who liked to please him, followed his footsteps.
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The history of the Jaina mission at the Mughal court leaves little double about the profound influence on Akbar's ideas and domestic policy exerted by the doctrine of Ahimsā, mainly inspired by Jains. It is also fair to say that the belief and practices of Akbar were not influenced by Jainism alone, but Hinduism had an undoubted share.
References
1. A.L. Srivastava, Akbar the great, Vol. I, p. 243-244
2. Abul Fazl, Ain-e-Akbari, Tr. Eng., Vol. III, Jarrett and Sarkar, Cal., 1948, p. 253.
3. Ain-e-Akbari, Vol. I, p. 608.
4. Proceedings of Indian History Congress, Cal., 1939, p. 1061, Fnot
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5. Ibid, p. 1061-1062; M.S. Commissariat, A History of Gujarat, Vol. II, 1957, p. 229-230.
6. Ain-e-Akbari, Vol. III, p. 210.
7. Commissariat, Vol. II, p. 231.
8. Ibid, p. 231.
9. Smith, Akbar, p. 167.
10. J.M. Shelat, Akbar, Bombay, 1964, p. 235.
11. Bhanucandra Carita, Ed. Mohanlal Desai, (Sindhi Jain Granthamala) introduction.
12. Srivastava, Akbar, Vol. I, p. 246; Commissariat, Vol. II, p. 232, Fn.
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13. Ibid, p. 246-247; Ibid, p. 232-233.
14. Ibid, p. 233-234; PIHC, 1939, p. 1062-1065.
15. Bhanucandra Carita, Introduction, p. 30, 33, 36-37.
16. Srivastava, Akbar, Vol. I, p. 366.
17. Ibid, p. 366.
18. Bhanucandra Carita, p. 31, fn, 38.
19. Shelat, Akbar, p. 225-226.
20. Ain-e-Akbari, Vol. II, Tr. Jarrett and Sarkar, Cal., 1949, p. 236-237.
21. Commissariat, Vol. II, p. 236-237.
22. Indian Antiquary, Vol. XI, 1882, p. 256.
