History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c38.s2.33

v3.c38.s2.33

We have it on the authority of Manucci (ii. 97) that Aurangzib on his return from Kashmir (December 1663) "issued an order that in all lands under Mughal control never again should the officials allow a woman to be burnt. This order endures to this day." This humanitarian rule, though not noticed in the formal histories, is mentioned in the official manuals of the reign. (Dastur-ul-aml, 103a.) But the evidence of contemporary European travellers in India shows that the royal prohibition was seldom observed.