History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c45.s7.18

v3.c45.s7.18

Under the early Muslim rulers of India, the *jaziya* had been levied on all Hindus except the Brahmans,—who had been spared by the politic and conciliatory system introduced into Sindh by Muhammad bin Qasim. Firuz Shah in his old age withdrew the privilege and the Brahmans were taxed like other unbelievers.* The wise statesmanship of Akbar abolished the tax and removed an invidious badge of degradation from the majority of his subjects (1564). A century afterwards Aurangzib reversed this policy.