Renaissance · South Asia · Politics
1546
Death of Sher Shah Suri
May 22, 1546
The Afghan emperor Sher Shah Suri, India's most efficient medieval administrator, died when a powder store exploded during his siege of the Rajput fortress of Kalinjar. His Grand Trunk Road, rupee currency, and revenue system were inherited gratefully by the Mughals who followed him. His revenue system and rupee currency were so effective that the returning Mughals adopted them wholesale rather than replacing them.
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Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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