“I wish you to recollect that the greatest conquerors are not always the greatest kings. The nations of the earth have often been subjugated by mere uncivilized barbarians, and the most extensive conquests have, in a few short years, crumbled… — Audrey Truschke Copy Share Image
“O King, may the world bow to your command; May lips drip with expressions of thanks and salutations; Since it is your spirit that… — Audrey Truschke Copy Share Image
“Akbar took Brahmins to task for misrepresenting Hindu texts to lower castes and hoped that translating Sanskrit texts into Persian would prompt these (in… — Audrey Truschke Copy Share Image
“[Ellora] is one of the finely crafted marvels of the real, transcendent Artisan [i.e., God]. —Aurangzeb describing the Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist temples at… — Audrey Truschke Copy Share Image
“I wish you to recollect that the greatest conquerors are not always the greatest kings. The nations of the earth have often been subjugated… — Audrey Truschke Copy Share Image
“Aurangzeb Shah is a brave and powerful king’ (mardano aur mahabali aurangasahi naranda).” — Audrey Truschke Copy Share Image
“The Sanskrit Brihatsamhita, written perhaps in the sixth century, warns, ‘If a Shiva linga, image, or temple breaks apart, moves, sweats, cries, speaks, or… — Audrey Truschke Copy Share Image
“The king then ordered his officials: ‘You must see that nobody unlawfully disturbs the Brahmins or other Hindus of that region, so that they… — Audrey Truschke Copy Share Image
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