Gradually, but in a determined manner, present India is trying to reclaim its indigenous glory and heritage of benign Indic Civilization which is at least five thousand years old.
India under the Mughals was one of the most miserable countries in the world. The previous Hindu rulers taxed the farmers just 16 per cent of the total produce, the Mughal tax rate was 30-50 per cent, plus some additional cesses.
Jizya was not the only tax that Hindus had to pay. Most Oppressive was KHARAJ, which could take away up to 66% of earnings. It was a significant tax right from Akbar's time.
When Aurangzeb invaded Mewar, he sent Ruhillah Khan and Ekka Taz Khan to demolish the famous Jagdish temple which was built in front of the Maharana's palace.
आज हम बात करेंगे बाजीराव पेशवा की, जिन्होनें अपने जीवनकाल में लड़े गये सभी युद्धों में जीत हासिल की और लगभग, सम्पूर्ण भारत में कब्जा किये हुए मुगलों को खदेड़कर महाराज शिवाजी के हिन्दवी स्वराज का सपना पूरा किया।
भारतीय राज्य व्यवस्था में सूरजमल का योगदान सैद्धांतिक या बौद्धिक नहीं अपितु रचनात्मक तथा व्यावहारिक था। मुसलमानों, मराठों, राजपूतों से गठबंधन का शिकार हुए बिना ही उसने अपने युग पर एक जादू सा फेर दिया था।
To constantly set our humanity aside and claim that a Turkic-Mongol king was a poet or had courtiers of different religions ignores the victims absolutely, and is a rather horrifying narrative, taking the agency away from these dead sultans who have definitely claimed to affect their cruelty on the basis of their religion.