When Did India Become Modern

[acharya]

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The key is that it is historically false to assume that Delhi was some sought of a capital of India. It was just another location with a king.


So it is really a myth that uptil the demise of sultanate kings i.e till 16th century that Delhi was anything major.

With the advent of Akbar yes Delhi did assume a significant place but that was largely because of a mistake that rajputs comitted by marrying there daughter to Akbar.

So this "centery of gravity" argument hinges on somekind of an all power Islamic capital rooted at Delhi.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->



Center of gravity of political center has NOTHING to do with CITY or a place or a region.
Center of gravity of the political center has to do with the social group which forms the political center or within an army. The center of gravity could be in many cities - Delhi, Agra, Lucknow, Lahore or Peshawar.
For the Mughal army the Mughal sultan and nobles in various cities formed the political center and the core mughal army of Muslim army was the military power. That formed the center of gravity of the power. In Muslim societies power resides in the core military force and it is also the political center.

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For the Mughal dynasty the Mughal sultan and his family and all the nobles in the Mughal court forms the political center and they need to be killed to wipe out the Mughal rule. The core elite Mughal army consisted of Turks and Afghan Muslims. That core Mughal army force had to be killed to remove the center of gravity of the Mughal power</b> and make sure that the ability to raise finance for raising the army is removed from the Hindu financial communities.

This would have effectively put an end to Mughal empire.

The Hindu kingdoms had to identify this Muslim groups to remove them from the seat of power.