History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c84.s2.t1.4

v5.c84.s2.t1.4

A preponderantly Hindu province with a sturdy Rajput population, was not likely to take Aurangzib's policy of temple destruction and poll-tax on the Hindus with tame submissiveness. They often fought the agents of Islam in defence of the seats of their religion, as we have seen in vol. iii. ch. 34, (p. 283 of the 2nd ed.) Again, in January 1703, when a Muslim tax-collector visited the zamindari of Devi Singh (son of Brahma-dev Siodia) to demand the jaziya, the men of the zamindar turned him back after plucking out his beard and moustaches. [Akhbarat, 28 Jan.]