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Aurangzeb's Kashmir: The Emperor Who Destroyed a Paradise
In 1685, Aurangzeb visited Kashmir for the first and only time. He came as a conqueror, not a tourist, and what he saw — the lush valleys, the ancient Hindu temples, the rebellious spirit of the Kashmiri Pandits — led to a brutal campaign of suppression. This episode explores how Aurangzeb's policies in Kashmir dismantled a centuries-old synthesis of Hindu and Muslim cultures, from the destruction of the Martand Sun Temple to the forced conversions that sparked the tragic exodus of the Pandits. We also uncover the role of the Kashmiri historian Muhammad Azam, who recorded the…
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