History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c86.s1.1

v5.c86.s1.1

In the mediæval world, and nowhere more so than in India, the king was held responsible for the happiness of his people,[*] and with good reason. He was regarded as a superman, as an incarnation of the Deity or at least God's representative on earth; he was invested with unlimited, unquestioned authority and the entire property in the land; he was, except in Catholic Europe, the head of Church and State alike.