Question

Who abolished Tuladan and Jharokha darshan?
(A) Babar
(B) Akbar
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) SherShah

Answer 1

Hint:
 He was a notable expansionist; the Mughal Empire achieved its greatest extent under his rule, ruling almost half of the Indian subcontinent. Victories in the south extended the Mughal Empire to 4 million square kilometers during his lifetime.

Complete answer:
As he found it a non-Islamic ritual, a form of idol worship, the practice of Tuladan and Jharokha Darshan was forbidden by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. The tradition of measuring the emperor in gold is Tuladan and Jharokha Darshan was a frequent practice of addressing the general audience (darshan) on the balcony (jharokha) at the emperor's forts and palaces. His great grandfather, the Mughal emperor Akbar, initiated all of these activities. Darshan is a Sanskrit term meaning "sight" and "beholding" (also meaning: "the viewing of an idol or a saint"), adopted by the Mughals before their subjects for their everyday presence. This also showed a Hindu influence, first practiced by Humayun before Akbar adopted it at sunrise as a ritual. Jharokha is a "ornate bay-window" facing east, canopied, throne-balcony, the "balcony for viewing" (an oriel window projected out of the wall) provided in every palace or fort where during their reign the kings or emperors resided. In addition to satisfying the simple need for illumination and cooling, the construction also accomplished a sacred definition during the reign of the Mughals. Many paintings also portrayed the jharokha portraits of the Mughals. The 80 taxes abolished by Aurangzeb, including Shahdari and Pandari, were both called Abwab. He also avoided inscribing Qalamas on coins, attending the Navroz Festival, the Emperor's Weighing (Tuladan) and the Darshan Jharokha.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note:
As he found it a non-Islamic ritual, a form of idol worship, the practice of Tuladan and Jharokha Darshan was forbidden by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Tuladan is the ritual of gold weighing the emperor and Jharokha Darshan was a frequent practice of addressing the darshan public at the jharokha balcony in the emperor's forts and palaces.