"Many women were procured through the offices of matrons who “by promises and deceit...have carried them off into what…"

"All Muhammadans are fond of women, who are their principal relaxation and almost their only pleasure."

"The most sumptuous of European courts cannot compare in richness and magnificence with the lustre beheld in Indian co…"

"[Manucci says that just before the emperor died, he (Aurangzeb) said:] “I die happy for at least the world will be ab…"

"All the above names are Hindu, and ordinarily these …are Hindus by race, who had been carried off in infancy from var…"

"Aurangzeb did this for two reasons: first, because by this time his treasures had begun to shrink owing to expenditur…"

"Many Hindus who were unable to pay turned Muhammadan, to obtain relief from the insults of the collectors......Aurang…"

"[Aurangzeb] was of the opinion that he had found in this tax an excellent means of succeeding in converting them, bes…"

"All of them (temples at Hardwar and Ayodhya) are thronged with worshippers, even those that are destroyed are still v…"

"Manucci writes, “I assert that in the Mughal Kingdom, the nobles and above all the King, live with such ostentation t…"