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According to IGNOU's account of medieval society, which emperor ordered that women should not be forced to perform sati, a policy continued by Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb?

  1. AJahangir
  2. BShah Jahan
  3. CAkbarCorrect answer
  4. DAurangzeb
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C. Akbar

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IGNOU describes Akbar as ordering that women should not be forced to perform sati. It notes that Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb continued this policy.

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