Anti - Hindu agenda of the Mughal Empire
The so called "Great Mughals" were not so great after all...
The facts about the real nature of Mughal invasions and subsequent rule in India -
1. In the Babur Nama, it is clearly written that "the aim of Babur was to promote the spread of Islam throughout the newly conquered land and for that reason, he ordered the destruction of prominent Hindu temples and put a stop to the celebration of local festivals."
2. In the Akbar Nama, it is stated that Akbar allowed his Rajput queens and ministers to celebrate their festivals in the palaces of Fatehpur Sikri and was witness to the celebrations. The Emperor, however used to sneak into the fairs and misbehave with the wives and daughters of some of his Rajput ministers. Tired of this the wife of Prithviraj, a poet, committed suicide.
3. According to the Sabhasad Bakhar, Aurangzeb put a stop to the celebrations which were allowed by Akbar, saying that it was against the principles of Islam. He even destroyed the temples of Kashi Vishwanath and persecuted a lot of Hindus in the Deccan. Many Maratha generals were forcibly converted to Islam (Netaji Palkar) and killed if they refused to do so (Sambhaji Maharaj).
4. Mughal governors used to raid the Hindu fairs organized during the festivals and carry away the wealth and the women present over there. Will Durant called the Muslim conquest of India "probably the bloodiest story in history"
5. Historian K. S. Lal in his book Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India claims that between the years 1000 AD and 1500 AD, the population of the Indian subcontinent decreased from 200 to 170 million. In "Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India" meanwhile he claimed that it fell from 200 million to 120 million by establishment of the Mughal empire because of killings, deportations, dissemination and wars
6. Idols in numerous temples were unarmed, temples were desecrated. Most of the great temples in North India were destroyed and no great temples were built under Muslim rulers except the Vrindavan temples under Akbar
7. Records about the Raids on temples -
Orders were given that all the temples should be burnt with naphthala and fire and levelled with the ground. The city was given up to plunder for twenty days. Among the spoil are said to have been five great idols of pure gold with eyes of rubies and adornments of other precious stones, together with a vast number of smaller silver images, which, when broken up, formed a load for more than a hundred camels.
8. According to the autobiographical historical record of Emperor Babur, Tuzak-i Babari, Babur's campaign in northwest India targeted Hindu and Sikh civilians as well as non-Sunni sects of Islam. Immense numbers of people were killed, with the Muslim camps being described as building "towers of skulls of the infidels" on hillocks. Baburnama, similarly records massacre of Hindu villages and towns by Babur's Muslim army
9. Akbar is known for his religious tolerance. However, in early years of his reign, religious violence included the massacre of Hindus of Garha in 1560 AD, under the command of Mughal Viceroy Asaf Khan. Other campaigns targeted Chitor and Rantambhor. Maulana Ahmad, the historian of that era, wrote of the battle at Chitor fort,
They (Hindus) committed jauhar (...). In the night, the (Muslim) assailants forced their way into the fortress in several places, and fell to slaughtering and plundering. At early dawn the Emperor went in mounted on an elephant, attended by his nobles and chiefs on foot. The order was given for a general massacre of the infidels as a punishment. The number exceeded 8,000 (Abu-l Fazl states there were 40,000 peasants with 8,000 Rajputs forming the garrison). Those who escaped the sword, men and women, were made prisoners and their property came into the hands of the Musulmans.
10. The reign of Aurangzeb witnessed one of the strongest campaigns of religious violence in the Mughal Empire's history. Aurangzeb re-introduced jizya (tax) on non-Muslims, led numerous campaigns of attacks against non-Muslims, forcibly converted Hindus to Islam and destroyed Hindu temples. Some temples were destroyed entirely; in other cases mosques were built on their foundations, sometimes using the same stones. Idols in temples were smashed, and the city of Mathura was temporarily renamed as Islamabad in local official documents.
The facts about the real nature of Mughal invasions and subsequent rule in India -
1. In the Babur Nama, it is clearly written that "the aim of Babur was to promote the spread of Islam throughout the newly conquered land and for that reason, he ordered the destruction of prominent Hindu temples and put a stop to the celebration of local festivals."
2. In the Akbar Nama, it is stated that Akbar allowed his Rajput queens and ministers to celebrate their festivals in the palaces of Fatehpur Sikri and was witness to the celebrations. The Emperor, however used to sneak into the fairs and misbehave with the wives and daughters of some of his Rajput ministers. Tired of this the wife of Prithviraj, a poet, committed suicide.
3. According to the Sabhasad Bakhar, Aurangzeb put a stop to the celebrations which were allowed by Akbar, saying that it was against the principles of Islam. He even destroyed the temples of Kashi Vishwanath and persecuted a lot of Hindus in the Deccan. Many Maratha generals were forcibly converted to Islam (Netaji Palkar) and killed if they refused to do so (Sambhaji Maharaj).
4. Mughal governors used to raid the Hindu fairs organized during the festivals and carry away the wealth and the women present over there. Will Durant called the Muslim conquest of India "probably the bloodiest story in history"
5. Historian K. S. Lal in his book Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India claims that between the years 1000 AD and 1500 AD, the population of the Indian subcontinent decreased from 200 to 170 million. In "Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India" meanwhile he claimed that it fell from 200 million to 120 million by establishment of the Mughal empire because of killings, deportations, dissemination and wars
6. Idols in numerous temples were unarmed, temples were desecrated. Most of the great temples in North India were destroyed and no great temples were built under Muslim rulers except the Vrindavan temples under Akbar
7. Records about the Raids on temples -
Orders were given that all the temples should be burnt with naphthala and fire and levelled with the ground. The city was given up to plunder for twenty days. Among the spoil are said to have been five great idols of pure gold with eyes of rubies and adornments of other precious stones, together with a vast number of smaller silver images, which, when broken up, formed a load for more than a hundred camels.
8. According to the autobiographical historical record of Emperor Babur, Tuzak-i Babari, Babur's campaign in northwest India targeted Hindu and Sikh civilians as well as non-Sunni sects of Islam. Immense numbers of people were killed, with the Muslim camps being described as building "towers of skulls of the infidels" on hillocks. Baburnama, similarly records massacre of Hindu villages and towns by Babur's Muslim army
9. Akbar is known for his religious tolerance. However, in early years of his reign, religious violence included the massacre of Hindus of Garha in 1560 AD, under the command of Mughal Viceroy Asaf Khan. Other campaigns targeted Chitor and Rantambhor. Maulana Ahmad, the historian of that era, wrote of the battle at Chitor fort,
They (Hindus) committed jauhar (...). In the night, the (Muslim) assailants forced their way into the fortress in several places, and fell to slaughtering and plundering. At early dawn the Emperor went in mounted on an elephant, attended by his nobles and chiefs on foot. The order was given for a general massacre of the infidels as a punishment. The number exceeded 8,000 (Abu-l Fazl states there were 40,000 peasants with 8,000 Rajputs forming the garrison). Those who escaped the sword, men and women, were made prisoners and their property came into the hands of the Musulmans.
10. The reign of Aurangzeb witnessed one of the strongest campaigns of religious violence in the Mughal Empire's history. Aurangzeb re-introduced jizya (tax) on non-Muslims, led numerous campaigns of attacks against non-Muslims, forcibly converted Hindus to Islam and destroyed Hindu temples. Some temples were destroyed entirely; in other cases mosques were built on their foundations, sometimes using the same stones. Idols in temples were smashed, and the city of Mathura was temporarily renamed as Islamabad in local official documents.
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