History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c45.s7.6

v3.c45.s7.6

The holy city of Mathura has always been the special victim of Muslim bigotry. It was the birthplace of Krishna, the most popular of the ‘‘false gods’’ of India,—a deity for whom millions of ‘‘infidels’’ felt a personal love. The city stood on the king's highway between Agra and Delhi, and its lofty spires, almost visible from the Agra palace,*—seemed to taunt the Mughal emperors with lukewarmness in ‘‘exalting Islam and casting infidelity down.’’ Aurangzib’s baleful eye had been directed to the Hindu Bethlehem very early. He had appointed a ‘‘religious man,’’ Abdun Nabi, as *faujdar* of Mathura to repress the Hindus.