History of India . he new enactmentexcited. When he went to the mosque, crowds of ex-postulating and even riotous Hindus blocked his way;and though his elephants forced their path over theirbodies, he could not subdue their repugnance to thenew tax on religion. His dealings with the Rajputprinces kindled these sparks of discontent into a endeavoured to get Jaswant Singhs two yoimg sonssent to Delhi to be educated (and doubtless made Mos-lems) imder his own supervision. The Rajputs loyaltyand pride alike forbade such ignominy to their heredi-tary chiefs; and when they learned that the
History of India . he new enactmentexcited. When he went to the mosque, crowds of ex-postulating and even riotous Hindus blocked his way;and though his elephants forced their path over theirbodies, he could not subdue their repugnance to thenew tax on religion. His dealings with the Rajputprinces kindled these sparks of discontent into a endeavoured to get Jaswant Singhs two yoimg sonssent to Delhi to be educated (and doubtless made Mos-lems) imder his own supervision. The Rajputs loyaltyand pride alike forbade such ignominy to their heredi-tary chiefs; and when they learned that the ancientlaw of Mohammed was revived which imposed a tax 148 THE RUm OF AXJEAITGZIB upon every soul who did not conform to Islam—a taxwhich Akbar had disdained, and Shah Jahan had notdared to think of—their indignation knew no repudiated the jizya, or religious tax, and con-trived to spirit away the infant princes of Marwar outof the emperors reach. It was the first serious rebellion during the STKEET SCENE IK JODHFUR. and its provoker little realized the effects which hisfanatical policy would produce. He marched at onceupon Rajputana, where he found two out of the threeleading States, Udaipur (Mewar) and Jodhpur (Mar-war), united against him, and only Raja Ram Singh ofJaipur (Amber) still loyal to the empire. The Rajputskept twenty-five thousand horse, mostly Rathors ofJodhpur, in the field, and, although frequently driveninto their mountains, were never really subdued. At RAJPUT EEVOLT 149 one time they appeared to be on the point of a decisivevictory, and the emperors cause seemed lost. Direct-ing operations from Ajmir, he had placed his main bodyunder his fourth son, Akbar, at the same time callingup his elder sons, Muazzam and Azam, with theircontingents from their commands in the Deccan andBengal. The three princes were busy ravaging theEajput country, and Aurangzib was left at Ajmir withhardly a thousand men, when tidings came that PrinceAkbar had
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