Mughal Architecture and Labor
UPSC Archival Analysis
Exam Year
2018
Evidence Source
LinkID: MED_MUG_2018_152 Ref: Travels of William Finch
Who stated that 5,000–20,000 men worked 40 years to build the palace of 40 pillars at Allahabad?
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Correct Option: C
William Finch was the traveler who recorded that up to 20,000 men worked for 40 years to build the palace of forty pillars in Akbar's Allahabad Fort. He visited India during Jahangir's reign.