Hindus had a large presence in Mughal administration. We all know that out of the nine jewels of Akbar%u2019s crown Navratna, two of them Todarmal and Birbal were Hindus. In Shahjahan%u2019s administration, the number of Hindu kings was 24% and this number went up to 34% in the reign of King Aurangzeb. There are accounts in History where Parmar kings especially Shubhatvarman got many a Jain temples destroyed. Similarly King Shashank of Gauda got the Bodhi tree cut off. We have to understand that religion was not the major motive of king%u2019s action. On the contrary, kings used the name of religion for their actions. Hindu kings also destroyed temples, Muslim kings destroyed temples and mosques both.
