CV of Aurangzeb

Source: The Truth About Aurangzeb
Author: Francois Gautier
Full Text Source: http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/16francois.htm

Name
Aurangzeb (1658-1707)

Profile
Contributed for imposing Sunni Islam with ruthless efficiency.

Key Accomplishments
-> Imp Temples destroyed:
... 1. Kashi Vishwanath temple
... 2. Krishna's birth temple in Mathura;
... 3. The rebuilt Somnath temple on the coast of Gujarat;
... 4. Vishnu temple overlooking Benares replaced with the Alamgir mosque
... 5. Treta-ka-Thakur temple in Ayodhya.

-> The number of temples destroyed is counted in four, if not five figures.

-> Own brother Dara Shikoh executed for taking an interest in Hindu religion

-> Beheaded Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur for objecting to forced conversions

-> banned any kind of music and painting

-> trampled Hindus protesting jaziya tax by elephants

-> prohibited Hindus to ride horses and palanquins

-> converted 90 per cent of the forefathers of today's Indian Muslims

-> clamped down on the more syncretic, more tolerant Islam, of the Sufi kind

References
-> farhans, original edicts (of Aurangzeb) hand-written in Persian available in India's museums

Yours Sincerely
Aurangya papi