@Saqib Shah
thanks for sharing.aurangzeb's religious policy is a marked feature of his reign.Dr. Habib Siddiqui had thoroughly exlplained aurangzeb's good treatment with hindus.actually auranzeb tried to run the empire in accordance with Isalamic law and in course of time this brought the question of the position of the non-muslims to the fore.in 1668 auranzeb forbade music at the royal court,in 1679 Jizyah was reimposed which had remained abolished for over a century.he also abolished many taxes which were not in accordance with Islamic law.
Saqib no one can deny the fact that many temples were destroyed in aurangzeb's reign.but one thing whch was not taken into consideration that this act of destroying temples was not becoz of religious bigotry.
Temple of Multan which was built by abu-ul-fadl's murderer,and to which a railing had been added by aurangzeb's rival Dara shikoh was destryed.
In the provinces of multan,thatta,Benares,the Berhamans were engaged in teaching unholy books and it was reported to Aurangzeb that both Muslims and hindus were being led away from the right path,ordrered were issued to all governers to destroy such temples and schools.
but ver often the orders of destruction of temples remained a dead letter.
higher custom duties were imposed on Hindus(5%) as against 2% on those of Muslims.
these were generally in accordance with practice of the time but they marked a departure from the political philosphy of Mughals.
As for as closing the doors of official employment to Hindus (as held by some Hindu and Western writers) is concerned,it is totally baseless.Dr. Habib Siddiqui has profoundly explained that.and we can say that actually there were more Hindu officers under Aurangzeb than under any Mughal emeror.
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