The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.348

v3.c20.348

The odium incurred by the forcible recovery of the usurper’s gifts was dissipated by the king’s judicious liberality and his care for the welfare of his subjects. Unlike his son he did not seek to conciliate the few and astonish the many by enormous gifts to favoured individuals, but on occasions of public rejoicing his bounty, widely diffused, earned popularity and the only malcontents were the rapacious, whose avarice was disappointed by his settled policy of promoting the welfare of the public and discouraging the accumulation of great wealth by individuals.