Everyone in India knows that Auragzeb was a bad guy. Francois's exhibition has not added any new information. It's same old story Aurangzeb killed his father, brother, sikh gurus, hindus and detroyed temples. A istorian like him should have enearthed, which we did not know. Whether it was good or bad about Aurangzeb. Sadly Francois did not find tiny bspace, which could have mentioned that he had numerous Hindu generals in his army, hindu mansabdar (advisors) in his court. In Kashi and Varanasi temples still his deed records for land donation exist. If he put jaziya tax on Hindus same time so he removed fourty other taxes, whihc were before him. If he made Jaziya obligatory on Hindus so he made Zakat obligatory on Muslims.
History has two faces depends who wrote it, Francois or Romila. Its time to ask whether Auranzeb was a bad ruler or a bad history
RE:Untangling myth from fiction: Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's Reign of Power
by Rohit on Feb 16, 2007 10:47 PM Permalink
Thank you sir for such a great analysis. Let Mr. Gautier also try and "untangle myth from fiction".
