Starter quiz
- The East India Company was primarily concerned with the trade in __________.
- precious metals
- spices ✓
- enslaved people
- gunpowder
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- The East India Company encountered trading rivalry with European powers such as the Dutch and the ______.
- 'Portugese' ✓
- The East India Company's factories were mainly positioned __________.
- on the Indian coastline ✓
- deep within the Indian subcontinent
- far up the rivers of the Indian subcontinent
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- The Mughal emperor Jahangir agreed to the East India Company setting up a factory in ______.
- 'Surat' ✓
- The East India used military force to attempt to take control of the area of __________.
- Surat
- Calcutta
- Bombay
- Bengal ✓
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- How successful was Child's War for the East India Company?
- Highly successful
- Somewhat successful
- A complete failure ✓
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Exit quiz
- Aurangzeb was a devout __________.
- Hindu
- Muslim ✓
- Sikh
- Christian
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- During Aurangzeb's reign, fifteen ______ temples were destroyed.
- 'Hindu' ✓
- Aurangzeb faced considerable resistance from __________.
- Sikhs ✓
- Buddhists
- Hindus ✓
- Muslims
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- In which part of India did the Hindu Jat rebellions take place?
- The east
- The west
- The north ✓
- The south
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- By the end of Aurangzeb's reign, ______% of generals and officials were non-Muslims.
- '25' ✓
- Aurangzeb supported the construction of both temples and ______.
- 'gurdwaras' ✓
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Key learning points
- Mughal emperors, including Aurangzeb, were Muslims.
- Mughal emperors traditionally showed tolerance towards non-Muslims.
- Aurangzeb reintroduced the jizya and even destroyed Hindu temples.
- Hindu and Sikh groups rebelled against the Mughals during Aurangzeb's reign.
- A growing number of non-Muslims served as Mughal officials during Aurangzeb's reign.
Common misconception
Aurangzeb was completely intolerant towards and alienated all non-Muslims.
Aurangzeb continued to support non-Muslim places of worship and to promote non-Muslim officials in the empire, leading to increased numbers of Hindus and Sikhs serving the Mughal Empire by the end of his reign.
Keywords
Tolerance - tolerance involves allowing people to do or believe what they want although your beliefs are different or you do not agree with them
Gurdwara - a gurdwara is a Sikh place of worship
Jizya - the jizya was a tax which non-Muslims had to pay in Muslim-ruled countries
Discrimination - discrimination involves treating a person or particular group of people in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of characteristics like their race or religion
Guru - a guru is a religious leader in the Sikh religion