History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c45.s9.4

v3.c45.s9.4

real loss to the State was likely to be still greater as the Hindu traders had now a strong temptation to pass their goods off as the property of Muslims, in collusion with the latter. The danger was not unknown to Aurangzib, as this very ordinance warns the local officers to guard against such fraud. And yet, in defiance of the laws of economics and the teaching of sound statesmanship, he put his tariff on the basis of religious discrimination alone.*