[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 197 # Storia do Mogor 197: The Villagers of Agrah burn the Bones of King Akbar. Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 197 - **Language:** English ### [197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.197) King Aurangzeb had his worries, which are unavoidable by the great, who, delighting in lording it, get hold at times of very hard bones to digest. One of these worries arose from the villagers of Agrah, of whom we have spoken several times (I. 83, II. 59). But their daring had never reached such a pitch as it did in one thousand six hundred and ninety-one. On other occasions they had contented themselves by declining to pay revenue : this time they did the greatest affront possible to the house and lineage of Taimur-i-lang \[252\] ; for, seizing the occasion of Aurangzeb being in the Dakhin near to Bijapur, they proved that they cared neither for his power, his policy, nor his governors. They planned, and succeeded in, a very bold undertaking. Already angered by the demands of the governors and faujdars for revenue, a great number of them assembled and marched to the mausoleum of that great conqueror, Akbar. Against him living they could effect nothing ; they therefore wreaked vengeance on his sepulchre. They began their pillage by breaking in the great gates of bronze which it had, robbing the valuable precious stones and plates (lastras) of gold and silver, and destroying what they were not able to carry away. Dragging out the bones of Akbar, they threw them angrily into the fire and burnt them. Aurangzeb was much afflicted at this piece of boldness and this outrage. It also gave him other anxieties, for he foresaw that when the villagers were masters of the roads between Agrah and Dihli, not a soul would be allowed to pass. He was, therefore, obliged to send his foster-brother Badercan (Bahadur Khan). Although brave, this man recognised that he could do nothing against the tenacity of such ferocious beasts. He therefore called in the grandsons of Rajah Jai Singh and many other Rajahs, so that at the least the villagers might be forced to retreat. He could not manage anything more without heavy casualties in his force, and without entirely ruining the lands. Even this much was not easy, nor was it desirable to reduce these lands to uninhabited waste. He managed to make them retreat without attempting anything more against them. - [Previous: 196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.196) - [Next: 198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.198) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.197) · Pramāṇa