(i) Akbar’s interaction with people of different faiths made him realise that religious scholars
who emphasised ritual and dogma were often bigots.
(ii) The teachings by different religious scholars created divisions and disharmony amongst his
subjects.
(iii) This led to the idea of sulh-i kul or "universal peace" which means tolerance and not to
discriminate between people of different religions in his realm.
(iv) They framed a vision of governance around the idea of sulh-i kul focused on a system of
ethics honesty, justice, peace which was universally applicable.
(v) This system of governance was later followed by Jahangir and Shah Jahan as well.