Which of the following Mughal rulers banned music in his regime?

Which of the following Mughal rulers banned music in his regime?

  • (A) Akbar
  • (B) Jahangir
  • (C) Shah Jahan
  • (D) Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb, who ruled from 1658 to 1707, is the Mughal Emperor who banned music, singing, and dancing in the court. His motivation for banning music, singing, and dancing was based on his commitment to Sharia law and his desire for a simpler and more orthodox lifestyle. What is ironic is that Aurangzeb himself was a good Veena player. Narrations of the period point out that when the musicians decided to hold a symbolic “funeral for music” as a protest against the ban, Aurangzeb was said to have commented that it should be buried so deep that no sound could possibly come from it. This period was also the time of the greatest works of Persian scholars on Indian classical music.
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