Religious Tolerance
Muhammad bin Tughluq was relatively liberal and permitted Hindus and Jains to settle in Delhi. The policy was continued by his cousin Firuz Shah Tughluq, who patronized the Jain monk Mahendrasuri, who composed the Yantraraja, the first Sanskrit text on the astrolabe.
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