There is no doubt that Aurangazeb was bigoted, and anti Hindu. dara would have been a much better ruler. Unwittingly, Aurangazeb's actions brought down the Mogul empire, and allowed the British to consolidate their position in India.This is the ultimate effect of bigotry, and narrow mindedness.
There needs to be national reconciliation between Muslims and Hindus, and between "high caste Hindus" and "low caste Hindus". There is no such thing as high or low caste, or Hindu, or Muslim, or Christian, by birth. We can all become good or bad by our actions. This same truth is enunciated in the Bhagwad - Gita, by the Buddha, in the Koran, or in the Bible. All religious texts were written down by men or women, in response to what they perceived from God, or thought they did, in response to the needs of that time, and place. We should therefore consider religion and religious ideas as evolutionary.
If we all believe that God is one, and any one may worship in any form or under any name, and follow the right path towards themselves, their family, and others, all wars and fighting will disappear. You do not need to believe in God (can any one prove or disprove His existence and ways of action?), but if you follow the right path, then you will also achieve personal happiness, and promote the good of the society. This is what the Buddha concluded, after years of meditation and much suffering.
Instead of worrying about the temples that were destroyed, why don't we try to help the children of the world to grow up healthy, free of bigotry, and with food to eat, and schools to attend? Instead of tryingto go to heaven by blowing ourseves up in the name of religion, why don't we try to help our brother and sisters by building something for them or in their lives? ( has any one been to heaven and come back to tell others about it?) Why don't we play more cricket, or football, or whatever, and have ameal together than fight about our religious beliefs?
