Ep 173: The Resonance of Akbar
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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Persia, the Language of Class, of Fines, of the People
Persian was the language of class, of fines its wery. If you're a common man, you could rise to the rank of a munshi if you knew persians. Many hindus had started learning persian and this was an older tradition. So there is this intellectual legacy that is left behind. It's no longer a as versus them, which is happening right? This is our literature, a combined, inherited literature,. We need to translate it to make it available for for the people.
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