One day, Akbar received a thread that was supposed to be so thin and fine that it was invisible. Akbar, wanting to test Birbal’s ingenuity, asked him to find a way to use this invisible thread.
Akbar decided to test Birbal’s intelligence in front of his courtiers. He ordered Birbal to make a statement that was true but could still get him punished.
Akbar was intrigued by how quickly Birbal could solve problems and wanted to test him with a tricky math problem. Akbar asked Birbal to count the exact number of crows in the city.