Akbar the Great

Akbar (reigned 1556-1605) was the third Mughal emperor, who came to the throne as a boy and expanded the empire to cover much of the Indian subcontinent. He built a centralized administrative and revenue system and is noted for policies of religious tolerance, including abolishing the tax on non-Muslims and hosting discussions among scholars of different faiths. He patronized art, architecture, and learning, and promoted a syncretic court doctrine known as the Din-i Ilahi. His reign is generally regarded as the height of Mughal consolidation.