Maybe you find it weird, but you live better than Akbar the great (king). I'll tell you the top 10 reasons you live better than Mughal kings. So let's start:
10. Cold Water and Ice.
It is not easy but normal to use cold water or ice in homes. We quickly get ice and cold water through the refrigerator or other electronic devices. Depending on your choice, it gives you taste, comfort, and pleasure, but for Mughal emperors, it is tough to get ice. They transport ice from the Himalayan mountain and keep it in a special chamber; many employees were there to ensure that the ice keeps freezing for a long time. They use some other techniques as well to keep ice frozen. Ice and cold water are considered elite and luxury items available for the kings only, but in today's world, a poor man can enjoy cold water and ice.
9. Fridges And Storage.
It is easy for us to store food. We keep meat, milk, vegetables, etc., and can use it whenever we want it in new condition, but in the Mughal era, they slew animals daily to get fresh meat. Vegetables can't be stored for a long time, Daily milking from cattle, etc. In the life you are living today, Mughal kings needed many employees for this. Getting a cold milk glass was difficult for the Mughal Kings, but you may call it effortlessly today.
8. Air Conditioner And Sleeping Comfort.
Today we have hotbeds, blankets, smooth covers, and an air conditioner in summer that keep our home cold. We enjoy life even at a 40-degree centigrade, but the Mughal kings did not have these facilities. They don't have an air conditioner. They had exceptional engineers build their palaces and homes with maximum airflow/spaces (exhaust). In winter, they burned wood for the fire; they set wooden flames in different places to keep the home hot; also, there were beds made by the fantastic staff, but today, we can sleep easily like Mughal kings.
7. Traveling.
It is easy to travel from one place to another in today's age. You can travel twelve hundred meters in just two hours by aeroplane, but the Mughal kings couldn't imagine this. They had to prepare for months before travelling a long distance because it could take days and months to reach their destination. They had to stop in different places for rest. There were many other difficulties like toilets, food, medicines, etc., so they had staff to manage them. And the sea journey itself was a big challenge. In today's world, you can travel better than a Mughal king.
6. Basic Education.
Today, most peoples are literate compared to the Mughal Empire. They know how to write and read, and if someone wants to learn, there is literature for him. Books were written by hand, which is why books were so expensive, so only the elite class and kings had the literature (books). Books were not common among ordinary people, so mostly only the elite class and kings' families could read and learn from books. That is why an average poor person's child can't be intelligent or innovative like their children. In today's world, we have access to books. We can read, learn, and use the knowledge in our practical life.
5. Childbirth and Medical System.
If you have a headache, heart pain, sugar, blood pressure, pain in bones, kidney problem, etc., you can see a doctor for a check-up in that specific field of a specialist doctor. We now have specialist doctors for complex diseases who identify the problem and can heal with medicines. Today, there are very few deaths during delivery compared to the Mughal era. Mughal kings had many doctors when their queens delivered their babies, but their queens and children still died. Often, women die during delivery, or a child dies during birth, but in modern science and medicine, the rate is much less than in the Mughal era. Our city has many emergency centres, and specialist doctors are available. We are living healthier lives than in the Mughal period.
4. Foods.
If you want to eat Chinese, Japanese sushi, American burger, Italian pizza, etc. It is effortless to get this food even if it can be available on a phone call within 45 minutes. Also, a good market can get winter fruit in the summer. In the Mughal era, only kings could have these facilities.
3. Entertainment And Electricity.
If you want to listen to music, you can download, view, and listen to your favourite artist anytime. If you want to wash your clothes, there is an electric machine, if you want entertainment, on the television, like to bake or cook, use a microwave oven, want to learn on the computer. Electricity leads us to that place that the Mughal kings only imagine, which is why we are better than the Mughal kings in this case.
2. Information.
An average person has better information than Mughal kings. Our today's child has more information than the kings because of technology. You can know the area's situation before you want to go, what the weather will be like tomorrow, and see the sea storm before travelling. This information age made an ordinary person advance and better than a king.
1. Communications.
In today's world, 4G, 5G, or GPS would have magic for the Mughal Kings. No past kings would have comprehended that communication could be so accessible as in today's age. Two people can talk even if one is in the east and the other is in the north. It's not only voice talk, but you can also see your loved ones from a far distance. No WhatsApp, Skype, video call, etc., but the only letter can be sent that takes too much time and is written by the employees, which means no privacy. During the hunting, travel, and war, the king's family doesn't know the king's health, even sometimes they don't know if he is dead or alive. And in today. All the world knows is if anything happens in America, isn't it magic?
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