The first Jesuit Mission reached the Mughal court at __________ during the reign of Akbar.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Fatehpur Sikri
The first Jesuit mission reached the Mughal court at Fatehpur Sikri in 1580, after Akbar had sent an embassy to Goa to invite Jesuit priests, and stayed for about two years.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Kings and Chronicles’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “9.3 Jesuits at the Mughal court … Akbar was curious about Christianity and dispatched an embassy to Goa to invite Jesuit priests. The first Jesuit mission reached the Mughal court at Fatehpur Sikri in 1580 and stayed for about two years. The Jesuits spoke to Akbar about Christianity and debated its virtues with the ulama. Two more missions were sent to the Mughal court at Lahore, in 1591 and 1595.…” |