History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c65.s13.3

v4.c65.s13.3

And well they might do so. True, their king had been deposed fourteen years ago, and during his whole reign he had never once governed by his own will. But under him they had at least had a king of their own; they had formed a nation and an independent State, instead of being a mere province of an alien empire, ruled by a mere officer who had to take his orders from a capital a thousand miles distant. Even a subject race liveth not by bread alone.