History of India . mportance, reigned throughoutNorthern India for the first twenty years of Aurang-zibs rule. So far there had been no serious persecu-tion and no religious disabilities: but there can be nodoubt that Aurangzib was only nursing his zeal for thefaith until it should be safe to display it against theunbelievers. Indeed, there were signs of the comingstorm as early as 1669. In April of that year he wasinformed that the Brahmans of Benares and otherHindu centres were in the habit of teaching their wicked sciences, not only to their own people, but toMoslems. This was more than the
History of India . mportance, reigned throughoutNorthern India for the first twenty years of Aurang-zibs rule. So far there had been no serious persecu-tion and no religious disabilities: but there can be nodoubt that Aurangzib was only nursing his zeal for thefaith until it should be safe to display it against theunbelievers. Indeed, there were signs of the comingstorm as early as 1669. In April of that year he wasinformed that the Brahmans of Benares and otherHindu centres were in the habit of teaching their wicked sciences, not only to their own people, but toMoslems. This was more than the orthodox emperorcould tolerate; the temple of Vishnu at Benares wasdestroyed, and the splendid shriae at Mathura wasrazed to the ground to make room for a magnificentmosque. The idols were brought to Agra and buriedunder the steps of the mosque, so that good Moslemsmight have the satisfaction of treading them years later the fanaticism of the Hindus found 145 146 THE EUIN OF AURANGZIB rnfiiTu jiwgg. -,;»vr *^ll^
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