CreativityCreative RiddlesKing Akbar’s LineBy Sergey Markov - 11 June 2017One day the Great Akbar drew a line on the floor and asked his sage Birbal to shorten it without touching and wiping out the ends.How did Birbal solve this problem?Answer Answer Birbal drew a longer line in parallel, and thus, without touching Akbar’s line, he made it shorter.Close