text: Some claim it was here that Akbar held his famous debates with Jesuits , Brahmins , Parsi Zoroastrians , Sufi mystics , Jain , and Buddhist monks the sages arguing while Akbar sat listening atop his pillar , or Akbar striding majestically around the bridges and balcony hurling his questions at his listeners .
  
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  The debates were important for the Akbar .