[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912) › v2.c31.23 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c31.23 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c31.23 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c31.23) That day new coins were struck. Shah Jahan had inscribed the Muslim confession of faith (\*kalimah\*) on one face of his coins; but the pious Aurangzib forbade the practice, lest the holy text should be defiled by the touch of infidels! So, his coins bore on one face a Persian couplet meaning,— - [Previous: v2.c31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c31.22) - [Next: v2.c31.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c31.24) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c31.23) · Pramāṇa