History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c86.s4.2

v5.c86.s4.2

But Aurangzib did not attempt such an ideal, even though his subjects formed a very composite population, even though the Indian world lay at his feet and he had no European rivals hungrily watching to destroy his kingdom. On the contrary, he deliberately undid the beginnings of such a national and rational policy which Akbar has set on foot.