The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c12.s6.5

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c12.s6.5

According to a contemporary Sufi, Shaikh Abdur Rahman Chishti, the the subservience of the Hindus to Islam under Shahjahan was thorough and complete.⁷⁵ However, communal riots had become common from the time of Aurangzeb because of his religious policy. Rioting went on for days together in Varanasi when Vishvanath and other temples were destroyed there in 1669. Here is the description of the communal riots as narrated in a contemporary work:

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