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Aurangzeb The Genesis of Pakistan
by Prafull Goradia, Jaganniwas Iyer
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- PublisherPrints Publications Pvt Ltd
- ISBN-139788196577636
- BindingPaper back
- Pages172
- LanguageEnglish
- Published2024
| Publisher | Prints Publications Pvt Ltd |
|---|---|
| Publication Year | 2024 |
| ISBN-13 | 9788196577636 |
| E-ISBN | 9789366977287 |
| Binding | Paper back |
| Number of Pages | 172 Pages |
| Language | English |
| Dimension (Inches) | 5.5"x8.5" |
| Weight (Grams) | 260 |
| Category | History |
The sixth Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb, was evidently—and without doubt—a great bundle of paradoxes. He was a suspicious mind in the times when any absence from one’s capital would cost one’s throne—and possibly life as well. Yet this emperor remained in the Deccan for 27 years—never to come back. Aurangzeb was aware that the overwhelming majority of his subjects were Hindu. Yet, he went out of his way to oppress them with a vengeance. He destroyed their temples, reintroduced the jaziya, which Akbar had abolished, and aggressively promoted conversion to Islam.
The dissolution of the Mughal Empire showed Aurangzeb hadhis priorities all wrong. Despite this, he is called a “Great Mughal” by many a historian. This book, therefore, has been presented to explode this myth.
Contents:
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1 |
Inheritor of a Pernicious Legacy |
1 |
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2 |
Complex Persona, Frayed Polity |
21 |
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3 |
Bigotry Began in Bundelkhand |
33 |
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4 |
Religion Scored over Governance |
37 |
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5 |
The Afghan Mess— Aurangzeb’s Contribution |
43 |
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6 |
The Deccan |
51 |
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7 |
Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb—The Saga of What might have been |
55 |
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8 |
Treachery And Betrayal—Alamgir’s Ingrained Character |
77 |
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9 |
Defeat in Assam— The Beginning of the Mughal Slide |
83 |
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10 |
Aurangzeb’s Rajput War— The Ruin Begins |
93 |
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11 |
War with the Marathas—Disaster, Defeat, Denouement and Death |
118 |
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12 |
Aurangzeb and Pakistan |
150 |
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13 |
Hindu Temples—Targets of Aurangzeb’s Jihadi Iconoclasm |
156 |
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Conclusion |
164 |
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