History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c38.s2.21

v3.c38.s2.21

putting faith in astrologers" mentioned by Manucci (i. 224). The printed text of M.A. has 'next year'; but the prohibition was evidently permanent, and we can get this sense by merely inserting the word 'from' before 'next year,' (az sal-i-nau.) A restriction for a single year can be explained only by supposing that the astrologers had been predicting that the next year portended disasters to the country. A similar prophecy upset the public mind on the eve of the Sepoy Mutiny.