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Was Din-i-Ilahi autocratic vanity or a policy of religious syncretism?

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Examiners want: Akbar's motives, the quoted critique tested against evidence, political and religious context, balanced verdict

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Din-i-Ilahi was "an outcome of ridiculous vanity, a monstrous growth of unrestrained autocracy". Elucidate.

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