Storia do Mogor 172.2

172.2

But this was a small thing in comparison with the next demand. This was that he should no longer coin money in his own name, but in that of Aurangzeb. This was the same thing as saying that the Rana was not the king of his realm but a simple governor, since the money would be graven with Aurangzeb's name. The third thing he asked was one that touched very closely the Hindu religion. He asked permission to kill cows within the Rana's kingdom. Now, the Hindus being great worshippers of cows, which they hold in the greatest estimation, this asking leave to kill cows was to the Hindus as if he were to take away their religion. As a further indication of his design to abolish Hinduism throughout his kingdom, he asked, in the fourth place, for the destruction of all temples and the erection of mosques in their stead. Finally, Aurangzeb, as a declaration of absolute sovereignty over the Rana's kingdom, requested that the jurisdiction of the qdzl should be acknowledged — that is, the law of the Quran should be introduced. If the Rana did not wish to consent to these things, let him abandon his kingdom. What harder conditions could one king demand from another as an excuse for declaring war than what Aurangzeb demanded from the Rana ?