The Religious Policy of Aurangzeb and its Effects

Fanatic Religious Policy of Aurangzeb: The general view of historians is that Aurangzeb entirely reversed the policy of religious toleration followed by Akbar and it resulted in serious revolts among the Hindus. In the words of Lane-Poole, "For the first time in their history, the Mughals beheld a rigid Muslim in their emperor—a Muslim as sternly repressible of himself as [...]