History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s13.3

v4.c64.s13.3

Kavi-kalash naturally drew close to the exiled Mughal prince.[*] He, too, felt himself as living among a strange people and a strange tongue, and under hostile glances. The North Indian Brahman could speak to Akbar in his own language and readily understand his way of life. Moreover, it is easily conceivable that surrounded as he was by the ill-suppressed enmity of his Dakshini colleagues, with his position property and even personal safety depending upon the life or caprice of his master, Kavi-kalash should be anxious to go to a securer haven. It was not an impossible dream that, if he could help to put Akbar on the throne of Delhi, he would govern the royal Court, or at least his native district, as the favourite of a grateful Emperor.