History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c38.s2.17

v3.c38.s2.17

(10) In October 1675 the astrologers all over the empire were bound down and made to furnish securities that they would not draw up almanacs [giving forecasts of events] next year.§ But belief in astral influence was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the Indians,—Hindus and Muslims alike,—to be destroyed by one stroke of the imperial pen, and the stars continued to be studied for various affairs of life, even by the members of the royal family, in spite of the prohibition.