“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