Answer: The colonists were not used to the lifestyle. They didn’t know how to live in the woods, or how to hunt and fish.
It was a mixture of various reasons, although for the Spanish and Portuguese it was a question of reaching India for spice trades after the embargo instated on them by the Ottoman Turks.
The Portuguese went around Africa, and the Spanish tried sailing west across the barren ocean, and accidentally discovered America through Columbus.
Practicing tolerance and inclusion, and invited religious debates was a characteristic of the Mughal ruler Akbar in terms of his attitude toward religion.
Answer: Option D
<u>Explanation:</u>
India was invaded and ruled by many foreign rulers and one such empire was Mughal Empire. They had many rulers who had ruled India in 16th& 17th centuries but Emperor Akbar is revered as one of the greatest ruler of the world.
Unlike other Mughal rulers, he believed in religious tolerance and treated people of all faith and religions as equal. He often used to call people of great wisdom belonging to different religions and hold debates in his court. He removed the Jizya which was a religious tax imposed on non-Muslims and send the message of equality.
