The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.75
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.75
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Forcible opposition to temple destruction was offered only in Rājputāna, Mālwā, Bundelkhand and Khāndesh, which were remote from the centre of the imperial authority, and even there only when the emperor was not present. But we read of reprisals in the second half of the reign by certain Rājput and Marāthā chiefs, who demolished converted mosques in retaliation or stopped the chanting of the call to prayer in their locality. In some places the *jizya* collector was expelled after plucking his beard out.