The Mughal emperor Akbar, who had abolished the tax on non-Muslims, issued edicts protecting Jain holy places and forbidding animal slaughter during the Jain holy days of Paryushana, measures the tradition dates to this period of his reign. His court received the Shvetambara leader Hiravijaya Suri, whom Akbar honored with the title Jagadguru, teacher of the world, and Jain monks remained a presence at the Mughal court for a generation.
Tagged: Jain Shvetambara
The Event
- Date
- 1568 (exact)
- Era
- Classical and Medieval; Standard periodization of Jain history
- Location
- The Mughal court; today Delhi, India
- Traditions
- Jainism
- Streams
- Shvetambara
- Key figures
- Akbar, Hiravijaya Suri
Primary Sources
- The Jain inscriptional and temple record of the period.
Secondary Sources
- Shah, Natubhai. Jainism: The World of Conquerors. Sussex Academic Press, 1998.
- Wiley, Kristi L. Historical Dictionary of Jainism. Scarecrow Press, 2004.
Provenance: HIST-0612; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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