Niccolao Manucci

"Aurangzeb did this for two reasons: first, because by this time his treasures had begun to shrink owing to expenditure on his campaigns ; secondly, to force the Hindus to become Mahomedans. Many who w…"

"When any hungry wretch takes it into his head to ruin the kingdom, he goes to the king and says to him: 'Sire; if your majesty will give me the permission to raise money and a certain number of armed …"

"All the above names are Hindu, and ordinarily these …are Hindus by race, who had been carried off in infancy from various villages or the houses of different rebel Hindu princes. In spite of their Hin…"

"All of them are thronged with worshippers, even those that are destroyed are still venerated by the Hindus and visited by the offering of alms."

"The most sumptuous of European courts cannot compare in richness and magnificence with the lustre beheld in Indian courts."

"“In this realm of India, although King Aurangzeb destroyed numerous temples, there does not thereby fail to be many left at different places, both in his empire and in the territories subject to the t…"

"“The chief temples destroyed by King Aurangzeb within his kingdom were the following: Maisa , Matura , Caxis , Hajudia , and an infinite number of others ; but, not to tire the reader, I do not append…"

"was of the opinion that he had found in this tax an excellent means of succeeding in converting them, besides thereby replenishing his treasuries greatly..."