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Aurangzeb's Hindu Captives: The Temple Destruction Debate
In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle one of the most controversial legacies of Aurangzeb's reign: the destruction of Hindu temples. Drawing on the Maasir-i-Alamgiri, the Storia do Mogor of Niccolao Manucci, and modern scholarship by Richard Eaton and others, they explore the shifting motivations behind Aurangzeb's policies—from punitive measures against rebels to ideological consolidation. Lucas explains how temples like the Kashi Vishwanath in Varanasi (1669) and the Kesava Deo in Mathura (1670) were targeted, while others like those in Rajasthan survived under loyal Rajput…
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