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Jalaluddin & #39;Akbar& #39; - The Mughal who conducted cruel, heart wrenching & #39;language experiments& #39; on poor, usurped babies.
So, Bharat& #39;s & #39;Experimental Sciences& #39; & & #39;Scientific Methods& #39; ALSO owe their existence to Mughals or what? Oh my.
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So, Bharat& #39;s & #39;Experimental Sciences& #39; & & #39;Scientific Methods& #39; ALSO owe their existence to Mughals or what? Oh my.
Thread. (1/12) @madhukishwar
We all know this:
Speech comes from hearing. Letters & Language are not natural to Man, but only a result of instructions and conversations.
But, Akbar takes up this on a whim and does a & #39;Language Deprivation Experiment.& #39;
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Speech comes from hearing. Letters & Language are not natural to Man, but only a result of instructions and conversations.
But, Akbar takes up this on a whim and does a & #39;Language Deprivation Experiment.& #39;
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Background: Famines & distresses were very prevalent during the times of Akbar too. Hapless, poor parents selling their children to ensure a better life for their kids were very common; these are corroborated by the accounts of Abul Fazl, Linschoten, Correa, Barbosa et al. (3/12)
So, Akbar & #39;buys& #39; 20-30 sucklings/infants, unweaned kids - from hapless parents in 1578, and chooses to conduct an & #39;experiment& #39; to satisfy his & #39;curiosity& #39; and prove himself correct.
He could have taken care of the Famine/distress stricken families instead. But he did NOT. (4/12)
He could have taken care of the Famine/distress stricken families instead. But he did NOT. (4/12)
These children are kept incarcerated in a Gang Mahal (& #39;dumb house& #39;) at Faizabad & boarded up with no scope of any external sound leaking in AT ALL.
(Imagine the plight of the parents of the tragic & #39;guinea pig& #39; children!)
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(Imagine the plight of the parents of the tragic & #39;guinea pig& #39; children!)
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These babies are fed by & #39;tongue-tied& #39; wet nurses and were taken care of with respect to food.
But no sound EVER reaches them for FOUR years or so.
Guards & Akbar ensure that. (6/12)
But no sound EVER reaches them for FOUR years or so.
Guards & Akbar ensure that. (6/12)
On 9th August, 1582 Akbar visits the gang mahal. He gets his confirmation that the hapless, wretched children can& #39;t speak at all - they could only emit & #39;noise of the dumb.& #39;
QED. Successful expt. But, children who could have otherwise flowered, were dumbized by a Dumbo.
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QED. Successful expt. But, children who could have otherwise flowered, were dumbized by a Dumbo.
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FOUR years without hearing any sound, those children were reduced to dregs. Nothing much is heard of them later;
The hagiographer/biographer Badaoni says some of the & #39;sucklings became the nurselings of mother earth.& #39;
So they were just let-out, uncared for? No answers.
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The hagiographer/biographer Badaoni says some of the & #39;sucklings became the nurselings of mother earth.& #39;
So they were just let-out, uncared for? No answers.
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Excerpts From the book, & #39;Akbar With the Jesuits& #39; by Fr. Pierre Du Jarric (via Jeronimo Xavier), Published ~1617 CE, Reprinted 1926 CE by LPP, Delhi; P84-85
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Snippets from the book, & #39;Akbar Nama& #39; by Abul Fazl, translated by Henry Beveridge. Persian original ~1592 CE Translation 1921 CE, Vol 3, p581-2. This is likely to be an Eyewitness account.
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From the book, & #39;Muntakhabu& #39;t Tawarikh& #39; (& #39;Choicest of Histories& #39;) by Abdul Quadir Ibn i Muluk Shah & #39;Al Badaoni& #39; - Written 1595 CE, Persian reprint 1869 CE, English Translation 1922 CE. Volume II, p296.
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Yes. This tyrant, who heartlessly exploited hapless little boys and girls to satisfy his whims, is really great.
And we celebrate such heartless tyrants - all in the name of shams such as Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb & Islamic(!) tolerance(!!).
Akbar, the Great? My foot.
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And we celebrate such heartless tyrants - all in the name of shams such as Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb & Islamic(!) tolerance(!!).
Akbar, the Great? My foot.
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